,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #h1 #bjac ,ms4 
,norton introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
revise the composition of the ,board of 
,regents of the ,smithsonian            
,institution so that all members are    
individuals appointed by the ,president 
from a list of nominees submitted by the
 leadership of the ,congress1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short ,title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,smithsonian  
,modernization ,act of #bjac4  #b4      
,appointment of ,members of ,smithsonian
 ,board of ,regents  7a7 ,number of     
,members2 ,appointment of ,all ,members 
,from ,list of ,nominees  7#a7 ,in      
general ,section #eehj7;a7 of the       
,revised ,statutes of the ,united       
,states 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #db7;a77 is      
amended by striking to be composed of   
and all that follows and inserting the  
following3 to be composed of #ba members

 appointed by the ,president from among 
the list of nominees submitted under    
subsection 7b71 of whom #b shall be     
residents of the ,district of           
,columbia44  7#b7 ,list of ,nominees    
,section #eehj of the ,revised ,statutes
 of the ,united ,states 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4  
#db7;a77 is amended--  7,a7 by          
redesignating subsection 7b7 as         
subsection 7c72 and  7,b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7a7 the following new  
subsection3  7b7 ,the ,speaker of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,majority ,leader of the ,senate shall  
each submit to the ,president a list of 
#ab nominees for appointment as members 
of the ,board of ,regents4  4  7#c7     
,revision of quorum ,section #eehb of   
the ,revised ,statutes of the ,united   
,states 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #dd7 is amended  
by striking eight shall constitute a    
quorum and inserting #ag shall          
constitute a quorum4  7#d7 ,no effect on
 current citizen ,regents ,nothing in   
the amendments made by this subsection  

may be construed to affect the authority
 of any individual who serves as a      
,regent of the ,smithsonian ,institution
 as of the date of the enactment of this
 ,act pursuant to a joint resolution of 
the ,congress to continue to serve as a 
,regent after that date4  7b7 ,uniform  
,term of ,service ,section #eeha of the 
,revised ,statutes of the ,united       
,states 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #dc7 is amended  
to read as follows3  #eeha4 7a7 ,except 
as provided in subsections 7b7 and 7c71 
each ,regent of the ,smithsonian        
,institution shall be appointed for a   
term of #f years1 and may be reappointed
 for additional terms4  7b7 ,of the     
,regents who are appointed after the    
date of the enactment of the            
,smithsonian ,modernization ,act of     
#bjac who were not serving as ,regents  
prior to that date--  7#a7 #d shall be  
appointed for a term of #b years 7as    
designated in the joint resolution under
 which they are appointed7 and may be   
reappointed for additional terms of #f  

years2 and  7#b7 #d shall be appointed  
for a term of #d years 7as designated in
 the joint resolution under which they  
are appointed7 and may be reappointed   
for additional terms of #f years4  7c7  
,any ,regent appointed to fill a vacancy
 occurring before the expiration of the 
term for which the ,regent's predecessor
 was appointed shall be appointed only  
for the remainder of that term4 ,a      
,regent may serve after the expiration  
of that ,regent's term until a successor
 has taken office4  4