[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 53 (Monday, March 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S2004]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of S.J. Res. 36.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the joint resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 36) providing for the 
     appointment of Roger W. Ferguson 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. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the joint resolution be 
read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 36) was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 36

       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 of 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 Robert P. Kogod of the District of Columbia on May 5, 
     2017, is filled by the appointment of Roger W. Ferguson of 
     the District of Columbia. The appointment is for a term of 6 
     years, beginning on May 6, 2017, or the date of the enactment 
     of this joint resolution, whichever occurs later.

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