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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 
Calendar Nos. 570 and 571; that the nominations be confirmed, the 
motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, any statements thereon be 
printed in the Record, the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action, and the Senate return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                         FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

       Mark W. Olson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired 
     term of fourteen years from February 1, 1996.
       Susan Schmidt Bies, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term 
     of fourteen years from February 1, 1998.

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