[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5715-5716]
[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. HARPER. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on House Administration be discharged from further consideration of the 
joint resolution (S.J. Res. 36) providing for the appointment of Roger 
W. Ferguson 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 Mississippi?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the joint resolution is as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 36

       Resolved by the Senate and HouseV 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 Robert P. Kogod of the District of Columbia on May 5, 
     2017, is filled by the appointment of Roger W. Ferguson of 
     the District of Columbia. 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.

  The joint resolution was ordered to be read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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