[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 116 (Wednesday, August 1, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S5898]
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PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF BARBARA BARRETT AS A CITIZEN REGENT OF 
          THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S.J. Res. 49.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the joint resolution by 
title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 49) providing for the 
     appointment of Barbara Barrett as a citizen regent of the 
     Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the joint 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the joint 
resolution be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, there be no intervening action or debate, and any 
statements related to the matter be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 49) was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 49

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in 
     accordance with section 5581 of the Revised Statutes of the 
     United States (20 U.S.C. 43), the vacancy on the Board of 
     Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, in the class other 
     than Members of Congress, occurring by reason of the 
     expiration of the term of Alan Spoon of Massachusetts on May 
     5, 2012, is filled by the appointment of Barbara Barrett of 
     Arizona. The appointment is for a term of 6 years, beginning 
     on the later of May 5, 2012, or the date of the enactment of 
     this joint resolution.

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