[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15392]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY

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