[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23593]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 APPOINTMENT OF PATRICIA Q. STONESIFER

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 26 and 
the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 26) providing for the 
     appointment of Patricia Q. Stonesifer 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. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the joint 
resolution be read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be 
laid on the table, and that any statements relating thereto be printed 
in the Record, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S.J. Res. 26) was read the third time and passed, as 
follows:

                              S.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 Dr. Homer Neal of Michigan on 
     December 7, 2001, is filled by the appointment of Patricia Q. 
     Stonesifer of Washington. The appointment is for a term of 6 
     years and shall take effect on December 8, 2001.

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