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Joint Resolution Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1987, and for other purposes

Catalog Data

Author:
99th Congress. Sess. 2, 1986  Search this
Subject:
Whipple, Fred Lawrence 1906-  Search this
Center for African, Near Eastern, and Asian Cultures  Search this
National Collections  Search this
National Zoological Park (U.S.)  Search this
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)  Search this
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory  Search this
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356)  Search this
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 4; Page Numbers: 3341, 3341-243, 3341-279 to 3341-280
Type:
Public Law
Date:
1989
10/30/1986
Category:
Smithsonian Legal Documents
Legal document information:
100 Stat. 3341
Title 20, Education
Public Law
Citation information:
Statutes at Large
Notes:
Issued as H. J. Res. 738
Summary:
The sum of $183,920,000 is provided for necessary expenses of the Smithsonian including: research in 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 and protection of buildings, facilities, and approaches; up to 5 replacement passenger vehicles; and purchase, rental, repair and cleaning of uniforms. The sum of $2,500,000 is appropriated for the expenses of planning, construction, remodeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the National Zoological Park. $12,975,000 is provided for the expenses of restoration and renovation of buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution.
The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to expend or transfer to the State of Arizona a sum not to exceed $100,000, within available funds, for the purpose of assisting in the construction or maintenance of an access to the Whipple Observatory. The sum of $6,095,000 is provided for the necessary expenses to construct, equip, and furnish the Center for African, Near Eastern, and Asian Cultures and research laboratory and conference facility at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The sum of $3,322,000 is provided for the expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356).
$34,607,000 is appropriated for upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art including: protection and care of works of art therein; payment in advance when authorized by the Gallery treasurer 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 art works; and not to exceed $2,420,000 for the special exhibition program. $2,400,000 is appropriated for necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of buildings, grounds, and facilities owned or occupied by the Gallery.
Contained within:
100 Stat. 3341 (1986); Pub. L. No. 99-591 (Book)
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Expenditures, Public  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Art objects--Conservation and restoration  Search this
Associations, institutions, etc--Membership  Search this
Biological Stations  Search this
Buildings--Protection  Search this
Buildings--Repair and reconstruction  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Finance  Search this
Grounds maintenance  Search this
Motor vehicles  Search this
Museum finance  Search this
Museums--Educational aspects  Search this
National Collections  Search this
Preservation of materials  Search this
Research  Search this
Science Information Exchange  Search this
Tropical medicine  Search this
Uniforms  Search this
Publisher:
Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_5139