[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12934]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   APPOINTMENT OF SMITHSONIAN REGENT

  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 40, and 
the Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the joint resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 40) providing for the 
     appointment of Michael Lynton 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. CASEY. I ask unanimous consent that the joint resolution be read 
a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 40) was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 40

       Resolved the Senate Representatives of the United States of 
     America 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 resignation of France A. Cordova of Indiana on March 13, 
     2014, is filled by the appointment of Michael Lynton of 
     California. The appointment is for a term of 6 years, 
     beginning on the date of enactment of this joint resolution.

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