[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1170]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              APPOINTMENTS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair announces, on behalf of the majority 
leader, pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 105, adopted April 13, 
1989, as amended by S. Res. 149 adopted, October 5, 1993, as amended by 
Public Law 105-275, adopted October 21, 1998, further amended by S. 
Res. 75, adopted March 25 1999, amended by S. Res. 383, adopted October 
27, 2000, and amended by S. Res. 355, adopted November 13, 2002, and 
further amended by S. Res. 480, adopted November 21, 2004, further 
amended by S. Res. 625, adopted December 6, 2006, and further amended 
by S. Res. 715, adopted November 28, 2008, and amended by S. Res. 706, 
adopted December 22, 2010, the appointment of the following Senators as 
members of the Senate National Security Working Group for the 112th 
Congress: the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), who will serve in his 
capacity as President pro tempore of the Senate; the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Levin) as Democratic Co-Chairman; the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) as Democratic Co-Chairman; the Senator from 
New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) as Democratic Co-Chairman; the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin); the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson); the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin); the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Casey), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) as Majority 
Administrative Co-Chairman.
  The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 
83-420, as amended by Public Law 99-371, appoints the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) to the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University.
  The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public 
Law 96-388, as amended by Public Law 97-84 and Public Law 106-292, 
appoints and reappoints the following Senators to the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Council for the 112th Congress: the Honorable Frank 
R. Lautenberg of New Jersey (reappointment); the Honorable Bernard 
Sanders of Vermont (reappointment); and the Honorable Richard J. Durbin 
of Illinois (appointment).
  The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 
94-304, as amended by Public Law 99-7, appoints the following Senators 
as members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 
during the 112th Congress: the Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland 
(Co-Chairman); the Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island; the 
Honorable Tom Udall of New Mexico; the Honorable Jeanne Shaheen of New 
Hampshire, and the Honorable Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.
  The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to 22 
U.S.C. 276n, appoints the following Senator as Chairman of the U.S.-
China Interparliamentary Group conference during the 112th Congress: 
the Honorable Patty Murray of Washington.
  The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Section 5 of 
Title I of Division H of Public Law 110-161, appoints the following 
Senator as Chairman of the U.S.-Japan Interparliamentary Group 
conference for the 112th Congress: the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye of 
Hawaii.
  The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 
276h-276k, as amended, appoints the following Senator as Chairman to 
the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group conference for the 112th 
Congress: the Honorable Tom Udall of New Mexico.
  The Chair, on behalf of the majority leader, pursuant to section 154 
of Public Law 108-199, appoints the following Senator as Chairman of 
the Senate Delegation to the U.S.-Russia Interparliamentary Group 
conference during the 112th Congress: the Honorable E. Benjamin Nelson 
of Nebraska.
  The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, and upon the 
recommendation of the majority leader, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2761, as 
amended, appoints the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) as Chairman of 
the Senate Delegation to the British-American Interparliamentary Group 
conference during the 112th Congress.

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