[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31698]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              APPOINTMENTS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair, on behalf of the President pro 
tempore, pursuant to Public Law 106-398, as amended by Public Law 108-
7, in accordance with the qualification specified under section 
1238(b)(3)(E) of Public Law 106-398, and upon the recommendation of the 
Republican leader, in consultation with the ranking members of the 
Senate Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Finance, 
reappoints the following individual to the United States-China Economic 
Security Review Commission: Daniel Blumenthal of Maryland, for a term 
beginning January 1, 2010, and expiring December 31, 2011.
  The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to 22 
U.S.C. 276n, as amended, appoints the following Senator as Vice 
Chairman of the U.S.-China Interparliamentary Group conference during 
the 111th Congress: the Honorable Christopher Bond of Missouri.

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