S.J.Res. 27
                       One Hundred Third Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
  the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three


                            Joint Resolution

  
 
  Providing for the appointment of Hanna Holborn Gray as a citizen 
regent of the

            Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

    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 of the United States (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 
expiration of the term of William G. Bowen of New Jersey on March 12, 
1992, is filled by the appointment of Hanna Holborn Gray of Illinois. 
The appointment is for a term of 6 years and shall take effect on the 
date on which this joint resolution becomes law.







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                             Vice President of the United States and    
                                                President of the Senate.