Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, including research; preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections from Government and other sources; international exchanges; anthropological research; maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory and making necessary observations in high altitudes; administration of the National Collection of Fine Arts and the National Portrait Gallery; not to exceed $200,000 for necessary expenses of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; including not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; purchase or rental of two passenger motor vehicles; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 83 Stat. 164for guards and elevator operators, and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), for other employees; repairs and alterations of buildings and approaches; and preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publications; $28,134,000. museum programs and related research (special foreign currency 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 and related research in the natural sciences and cultural history under the provisions of section 104(b) (3) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(b)(3)), $2,316,000, 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. construction and improvements, national zoological park For necessary expenses of planning, construction, remodeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the National Zoological Park, $600,000, to remain available until expended. restoration and 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, $525,000, to remain available until expended.