[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5414]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              APPOINTMENT

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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 Vice Chairman of the U.S.-Japan 
Interparliamentary Group conference for the 112th Congress: The 
Honorable Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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