An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and for other purposes

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Summary

  • The sum of $5,181,000 is appropriated for expenses necessary for operating and maintaining the nonperforming arts functions of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The sum of $211,240,000 is provided for the expenses of the Smithsonian Institution including: research in the fields of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease, and protection of buildings, facilities and approaches; up to 5 replacement passenger vehicles; and purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees.
  • A sum, not to exceed $1,206,000, for the instrumentation program shall remain available until expended, 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 Research Centers. The sum of $5,305,000 is appropriated for the expenses of planning, construction, remodeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the National Zoological Park. The sum of $20,735,000 is provided for the expenses of restoration and renovation of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution. The sum of $8,655,000 is appropriated for the expenses for construction. The Institution is authorized to transfer to the State of Arizona a sum not to exceed $150,000 for the purpose of assisting in the construction or maintenance of an access to the Whipple Observatory.
  • The sum of $37,981,000 is appropriated for the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art including: the protection and care of the works of art; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art associations or societies whose publications or services are available to members only or to members at a price lower than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards; purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and contents; maintenance, alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art. A sum of $2,370,000 is included for the special exhibition program.
  • The sum of $4,240,000 is provided for expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles. The sum of $300,000, for payment to the Endowment Challenge Fund for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, shall remain available until September 30, 1990: provided that such sums shall be transferred only to the extent matched on a three-to-one basis by private funds.

Subject

  • Whipple, Fred Lawrence 1906-
  • Council of American Overseas Research Centers
  • Endowment Challenge Fund
  • John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)
  • National Collections
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
  • Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356)
  • National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 102 Stat. 1774
  • Title 20, Education
  • Public Law

Citation information

Statutes at Large

Contained within

102 Stat. 1774 (1988); Pub. L. No. 100-446 (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • 1990
  • 09/27/1988

Topic

  • Communication in science
  • Art
  • Art museums
  • Architecture
  • Finance
  • Museums
  • Grounds maintenance
  • Motor vehicles
  • Uniforms
  • Museum finance
  • Conservation and restoration
  • Education
  • Preservation of materials
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Membership
  • Expenditures, Public
  • Associations, institutions, etc
  • Protection
  • Science Information Exchange
  • Art objects--Conservation and restoration
  • Associations, institutions, etc--Membership
  • Buildings--Protection
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction
  • Museum exhibits
  • Museums--Educational aspects
  • Research

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 4; Page Numbers: 1774, 1782, 1819-20

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