[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 81 (Thursday, May 17, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2778]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  PROVIDING FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF BARBARA M. BARRETT AS A CITIZEN 
     REGENT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Rules and Administration be discharged from further 
consideration of and the Senate now proceed to the consideration of 
S.J. Res. 60.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the joint resolution by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 60) providing for the 
     reappointment of Barbara M. 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. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the joint resolution be 
considered 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. 60) was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 60

       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 expiration of the term 
     of Barbara M. Barrett of Arizona on January 10, 2019, is 
     filled by the reappointment of the incumbent. The 
     reappointment is for a term of 6 years, beginning on the 
     later of January 11, 2019, or the date of the enactment of 
     this joint resolution.

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