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B-290712 1 (2002-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaogv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO ,Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-290712 August 14, 2002 The Honorable Christopher J. Dodd Chairman, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Subject: Duration of Recess Appointment Dear Mr. Chairman: This responds to your letter dated May 29, 2002, requesting our opinion concerning the duration of the recess appointment of Mr. Otto J. Reich to the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that this recess appointment, made before the start of the second session of the 107' Congress, will expire at the end of the second session of the 107th Congress. BACKGROUND On January 11, 2002, the President made a recess appointment of Mr. Reich as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs after both Houses of the Congress had adjourned sine die' on December 20, 2001. Since the Senate had agreed to adjourn sine die, then the date specified by the joint resolution,' December 20, 2001, marked the end of the Senate session. B-288581, Nov. 19, 2001. On January 23, 2002, the Senate reconvened for the second session of the 107h Congress. Pub. L. No. 107-98, Dec. 21, 2001, 115 Stat. 961. Thus, Mr. Reich received 'Adjournment sine die literally means adjournment without day, a reference to the fact that the Houses are adjourning until the next session of Congress and not to a specified date within the current session of Congress. See Black's Law Dictionary 1390 (7th ed. 1999) and Congressional Research Service, Lame Duck Sessions, 74th-106 Congress, 98-872 GOV, at 1 (2001). 2H.R. Con. Res. 295, 107' Cong. (2001) (enacted).

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