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[[underlined]]Federal Appropriation[[/underlined]] --

The OMB allowance for our FY 1980 request to Congress is shown below, compared to our actual FY 1979 appropriation and our original FY 1980 request.

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[[header row]]    | FY 1979 | FY 1980 Request | FY 1980 Allowance [[/underline]]
Salaries & Expenses | $96,302 | $103,397 | $102,165
Mus.African Art Pgm. Suppl. |  350 | - | - 
Pay Supplemental Request | 3,595[[superscript]]1[[/superscript]] | 3,595 | 3,595 [[superscript]]2[[/superscript]]
Substitution of Trust Funds for Federal Funds | -1,020[[superscript]]1[[/superscript]] | -1,020 | -1,020
Savings in Admin. Travel Costs | -15[[superscript]]1[[/superscript]] | - | - 
Hiring Freeze Savings | [[underline]]-244[[superscript]]1[[/superscript]] | - | -[[/underline]]
Total Salaries & Expenses | $98,968 | $105,972 | $104,740

Science Information Exchange | 2,000 | - | -
Special Foreign Currency | 3,700 | 7,700 | 7,700
Construction | 6,575 | 38,750 | 32,550
Pgm. Supplemental Request | [[underline]]300 | - | -[[/underline]]
Total Construction | $6,875 | $38,750 | $32,550
Total | $111,543 | $152,422 | $144,990
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[[superscript]]1[[/superscript]] OMB pay supplemental request totals $2,316,000.
[[superscript]]1[[/superscript]] Included for purposes of comparability. As of 12/18/78, OMB had not acted on our pay supplemental request

Negotiations are continuing for the transfer of the Science Information Exchange to the Department of Commerce and hence in FY 1980 will no longer be a part of our budget.

The increase of $5.9 million allowed by OMB for Salaries and Expenses will provide some $2.5 million for the increased costs of necessary pay and utilities and $1.0 million associated with the Panama Canal Treaties and the acquisition of the Museum of African Art. The balance of $2.4 million is related to collections management ($1.1 million); facilities protection and management services ($1.2 million); and $.1 million for the Folklife Program. Although disapproving the request of $6.2 million for construction of a sixth floor for the History and Technology Building, OMB