[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18167]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         APPOINTMENTS AUTHORITY

  Mr. REID. I now ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the 
upcoming recess or adjournment of the Senate, the President of the 
Senate, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the 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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