[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4362]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding the upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the 
President of the Senate, the President pro tempore and majority and 
minority leaders be authorized to make appointments to commissions, 
committees, boards, conferences or interparliamentary conferences 
authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses or by order 
of the Senate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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