[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11897-11898]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ELI BROAD

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 38 and 
that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the joint resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 38) providing for the 
     appointment of Eli Broad 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. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the joint 
resolution be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the resolution 
be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 38) was read the third time and 
passed, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 38

       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, resulting from the death of Barber B. Conable, Jr., 
     is filled by the appointment of Eli Broad of California. The 
     appointment is for a term of 6 years, beginning upon the date 
     of enactment of this joint resolution.

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