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PUBLIC LAW 93-404-AUG. 31, 1974
[88 STAT.
tion of public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information arid publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, and protection of buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; purchase or rental of two passenger motor vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees; $67,789,000: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for advance payments to independent contractors performing research services or participating in official Smithsonian presentations. SCIENCE
INFORMATION
EXCHANGE
For necessary expenses of the Science Information Exchange, $1,755,000. M U S E U M PROGRAMS A N D RELATED RESEARCH ( S P E C I A L FOREIGN C U R R E N C T PROGRAM)
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses for carrying out museum programs, scientific and cultural research, and related educational activities, as authorized by law, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended and to be available only to United States institutions: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations to the Smithsonian Institution, for payments in the foregoing currencies: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available to the Smithsonian Institution for the International Campaign To Save the Monuments of Nubia of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization for the salvage of archeological sites on the Island of Philae. RESTORATION
20 USC 53a.
A N D RENOVATION OF
BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of restoration and renovation of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,490,000, to remain available until expended. CONSTRUCTION A N D IMPROVEMENTS, N A T I O N A L ZOOLOGICAL P A R K
For necessary expenses of planning, construction, remodeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the National Zoological Park, $9,420,000, to remain available until expended. CONSTRUCTION (APPROPRIATION TO LIQUIDATE CONTRACT
86 Stat. 508.
AUTHORITY)
For construction and equipment of a building for a National Air and Space Museum, including not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,000,000, to remain available until expended, for liquidation of obligations incurred under the contract authorization granted in the Department of the Interior and Related Agcucies Appropriation Act, 1973.
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