[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1514]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         APPOINTMENTS AUTHORITY

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