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Draft minutes of the September 21, 1992, meeting of the Board of Regents were forwarded to members of the Board of Regents, the chairmen and ranking minority members of cognizant committees in the Congress, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on October 27, 1992. As no changes to the draft have been proposed, the following motion is suggested:

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the Minutes of the meeting of September 21, 1992, as previously circulated on October 27, 1992.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee of the Board of Regents met at noon, Thursday, January 21, 1993, in the Supreme Court. Present were:

William H. Rehnquist, Chancellor
R. James Woolsey, Chairman

Also present were Secretary Robert McC. Adams; Under Secretary Constance Berry Newman; Assistant Secretary for Finance and Administration Nancy D. Suttenfield; Executive Assistant to the Secretary James M. Hobbins; and Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice Robb M. Jones.

Mr Woolsey noted that he will inform the U.S Senate in his February 2, 1993, confirmation hearing that, if confirmed as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, he intends to resign as a member of the Board of Regents at such time as nominees are appointed to the Board and a quorum of Regents can be assured.

The Committee reviewed the proposed agenda for the February 1, 1993, meeting of the Board of Regents and observed that, with the amplifications below, the agenda papers reflect the Committee's views. As part of his Secretary's Report to the Regents, Mr. Adams briefed the Committee on several items which did not lend themselves to written presentation in advance of the meeting.

Mrs. Newman briefed the Committee on the status of the Smithsonian's budget. She noted that the Institution will need to codify its restructuring in a revised request for the fiscal year 1994 appropriations through the Clinton administration. She also reported that staff has been briefing the Congressional staff members concerning a proposal to seek reprogramming to accommodate changes in the salaries and expenses account for fiscal year 1993.

The Executive Committee noted that the Smithsonian's legislative priorities for the 103rd Congress, as listed in the agenda, reflect initiatives taken in the last Congress. Accordingly, the Committee urges the Congressional members of the Board to introduce and support these measures as soon as practicable. 

The Executive Committee also took special pleasure in nothing Lloyd Schermer's commendable achievement in bringing the Smithsonian Fund for the