[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5334-5335]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  PROVIDING FOR REAPPOINTMENT OF BARBER B. CONABLE, JR. AS A CITIZEN 
         REGENT OF BOARD OF REGENTS OF SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on House Administration be discharged from further consideration of the 
joint resolution (H.J. Res. 26) providing for the reappointment of 
Barber B. Conable, Jr. 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 California?
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I yield to the 
gentleman from California, chairman of the Committee on House 
Administration, for the purpose of explaining the resolution.
  Mr. THOMAS. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this is 
in fact an appointment of regents of the Smithsonian Institution. There 
is a 17-member board. It is composed of the Chief Justice and the Vice 
President of the United States, three Members of the House of 
Representatives, three Members of the Senate, and nine citizens who are 
nominated by the Board and approved jointly in a resolution of 
Congress. This is the first of three joint resolutions that we will 
present, and as was indicated, this provides for the reappointment of 
our friend and former colleague, Barber Conable of New York.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, proceeding under my reservation, we obviously 
will not object. We support not only this resolution but the next two 
resolutions that will be offered for the purposes of accomplishing the 
objectives set forth by the chairman. I will not object to the next two 
and will allow them to pass simply by unanimous consent immediately 
upon being read.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the joint resolution, as follows:

                              H.J. Res. 26

       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 Barber B. Conable, Jr. of New York 
     on April 11, 1999, is filled by the reappointment of the 
     incumbent for a term of six years, effective April 12, 1999.

  The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third 
time, was read the third time, and passed, and a

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motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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