[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4869]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITIZEN REGENT OF THE BOARD OF 
                 REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Rules 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of S.J. Res. 35.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the joint resolution by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 35) providing for the 
     appointment of Michael Govan 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. McCONNELL. Mr. President, 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.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 35) was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 35

       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 of 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. Shirley Ann Jackson of New York on May 5, 2017, is 
     filled by the appointment of Michael Govan of California. The 
     appointment is for a term of 6 years, beginning on May 6, 
     2017, or the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, 
     whichever occurs later.

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