[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7701]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY

  Mr. REID. I 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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