[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16711]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         APPOINTMENTS AUTHORITY

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding the upcoming adjournment of the Senate, the President 
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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