[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 165 (Thursday, December 20, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H7415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF BARBARA BARRETT AS A CITIZEN REGENT OF 
          THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

  Mr. LaTOURETTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on House Administration be discharged from further 
consideration of Senate Joint Resolution 49, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the joint resolution is 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.

  The joint resolution was ordered to be read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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