[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 135 (Thursday, July 30, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H4178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PROVIDING FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL M. LYNTON AS A CITIZEN
REGENT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Mrs. DAVIS of California. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that
the Committee on House Administration be discharged from further
consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 87) providing for the
reappointment of Michael M. 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. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from California?
There was no objection.
The text of the joint resolution is as follows:
H.J. Res. 87
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 Michael M. Lynton of California is
filled by the reappointment of the incumbent. The
reappointment is for a term of 6 years, beginning on the
later of September 29, 2020, or the date of the enactment of
this joint resolution.
The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and 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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