[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 11, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1759]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JOHN FAHEY AS A CITIZEN REGENT OF THE 
            BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

  Mr. HARPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on House Administration be discharged from further consideration of the 
joint resolution (S.J. Res. 28) providing for the appointment of John 
Fahey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution, 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 Mississippi?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the joint resolution is as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 28

       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 Roger W. Sant of the District of 
     Columbia, on October 24, 2013, is filled by the appointment 
     of John Fahey of the District of Columbia. The appointment is 
     for a term of 6 years, beginning on the date of 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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