[United States Senate Manual, 106th Congress]
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                                TITLE 20.--EDUCATION

            
                         Chapter 3.--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

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       470  Sec. 42. Board of Regents; members.
            (a) Composition
                The business of the Institution shall be conducted at 
            the city of Washington by a Board of Regents, named the 
            Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of 
            the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, 
            three Members of the Senate, three Members of the House of 
            Representatives, and nine other persons, other than Members 
            of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of 
            Washington, and seven of whom shall be inhabitants of some 
            State, but no two of them of the same State.
            (b) Modification of number, appointment or tenure of 
                members; exceptions
                Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of 
            Regents of the Smithsonian Institution may modify the number 
            of members, manner of appointment of members, or tenure of 
            members, of the boards or commissions under the jurisdiction 
            of the Smithsonian Institution, other than--
                            (1) the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
                        Institution; and
                            (2) the boards or commissions of the 
                        National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy 
                        Center for the Performing Arts, and the Woodrow 
                        Wilson International Center for Scholars.

            (As amended Oct. 21, 1998, Pub. L. 105-277, Div. A, 
            Sec. 101(e) [Title III, Sec. 355], 112 Stat. 2681-231, 2681-
            303.)

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       471  Sec. 43. Appointment of regents; terms of office; vacancies.
                The regents to be selected shall be appointed as 
            follows: The Members of the Senate by the President thereof; 
            the Members of the House by the Speaker thereof; and the 
            nine other persons by joint resolution of the Congress. The 
            Members of the House so appointed shall serve for the term 
            of two years; and on every alternate fourth Wednesday of 
            December a like number shall be appointed in the same 
            manner, to serve until the fourth Wednesday in December, in 
            the second year succeeding their appointment. The Senators 
            so appointed shall serve during the term for which they 
            shall hold, without reelection, their office as Senators. 
            Vacancies, occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, 
            shall be filled as vacancies in committees are filled. The 
            regular term of service for the other nine members shall be 
            six years; and new elections thereof shall be made by joint 
            resolutions of Congress. Vacancies occasioned by death, 
            resignation, or otherwise may be filled in like manner by 
            joint resolution of Congress. (R.S. Sec. 5581; Dec. 15, 
            1970, Pub. L. 91-551, 84 Stat. 1440.)