[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 134 (Thursday, September 18, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7860]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL LYNTON 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. 40) providing for the appointment of 
Michael Lynton 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 (Mr. Meadows). 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. 40

       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 (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 resignation of France A. 
     Cordova of Indiana on March 13, 2014, is filled by the 
     appointment of Michael Lynton of California. 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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