Providing for the reappointment of David M. Rubenstein as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 10.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 2, January 7, 2015, Page H105):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17, giving Congress exclusive jurisdiction over the District of Columbia. That clause was cited as the authority for the government's ability to accept the original Smithson donation and the creation of the Smithsonian Institution via the Act of August 10, 1846. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper clause, which provides the power to enact legislation necessary to effectuate one of the earlier enumerated powers, such as the authority granted in Clause 17 above. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2015 ↗

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  536 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 10, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hjres/10

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c3c902dfb36defc2d320335f5be249a84d14c546606d1a703f7b3d3d6881e74

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 10, last updated December 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.