[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4653]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         APPOINTMENTS AUTHORITY

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the upcoming 
recess or adjournment, 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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