103 STAT. 736 PUBLIC LAW 101-121 —OCT. 23, 1989 ations: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual budget proposal and justification for the Institute shall be submitted to the Congress concurrently with the submission of the President's Budget to the Congress. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as au- thorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the Na- tional Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assist- ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for terms not to exceed ten years), and protection of buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to 5 replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees; $228,553,000, of which not to exceed $2,176,000 for the instrumentation program shall remain available until expended and, including such funds as may be necessary to support American overseas research centers and a total of $125,000 for the Council of American Overseas Re- search Centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are avail- able for advance payments to independent contractors performing research services or participating in official Smithsonian presen- tations. CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS, NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK For necessary expenses of planning, construction, remodeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the National Zoological Park, by contract or otherwise, $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS For necessary expenses of repair and restoration of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including not to exceed $10,000 for services as au- thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $26,769,000, to remain available until Ck>ntracts. expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environmental sys- tems, protection systems, and exterior repair or restoration of build- ings of the Smithsonian Institution may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price: Provided further, That unexpended balances of amounts previously appropriated for this purpose under the heading "Restoration and renovation of buildings, Smithsonian Institution' may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation and accounted for as one appropriation for the same time period as originally enacted. CONSTRUCTION For necessary expenses for construction, $8,320,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
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