House joint resolution · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-28
Providing for the reappointment of Michael Govan as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Became law on Dec 21, 2023.
Sponsor: Rep. Adrian Smith R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2023
- Committee actionJun 5, 2023
- Passed HouseJun 5, 2023 · without objection
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2023 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 19, 2023
- Became lawDec 21, 2023
Latest action: Dec 21, 2023 — Became Public Law No: 118-28.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 62.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2313):Clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Reappoints Michael Govan as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 188 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 62, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/62
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f437b665b170ee73d4d61e860e1322b5319740bf02302c02ec6294629fd076b
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Adrian Smith.
- H.R. 8413 (118th) Swanson and Hugh Butler Reservoirs Land Conveyances Act
- H.R. 7507 (118th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 East 6th Street in Lexington, Nebraska, as the ‘William E.…
- H.R. 3801 (118th) Employer Reporting Improvement Act
- H.J.Res. 63 (118th) Providing for the appointment of Antoinette Bush as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.J.Res. 64 (118th) Providing for the reappointment of Roger W. Ferguson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.R. 23 (118th) Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.