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use of these funds and to achieve equity in their distribution, it is further proposed that a five-year purchase program be established at this level subject to the continued availability of funds.

During the five-year period (fiscal years 1978-1982) major objects or collections of objects valued at [[underlined]]more than $200,000 each[[/underlined]] could be purchased by the museums listed below, in the amounts shown. All proposed purchases would be fully documented as to importance, endorsed by the respective museum advisory boards and committees,
approved by the Secretary, and reported to the Regents.

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[[headers are underlined]]
Museum | Total Trust Funds Available FY 1978-82
National Portrait Gallery | $1,000,000
National Collection of Fine Arts | 1,000,000
Hirshhorn Museums and Sculpture Garden | 1,000,000
Freer Gallery of Art | 1,000,000
National Museum of History and Technology | 500,000
National Museum of Natural History | [[underlined]] 500,000 [[/underlined]]
[[total]] $5,000,000

These individual amounts are based on a judgement as to needs and as to prices of objects that might be bought. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for History and Art would administer the program to assure that the proposed limits are not exceeded and that the total amount spent by all six museums in any year does not exceed the $1,000,000 available annually for the entire program. Should less than the $1,000,000 be spent in total in any given year, the unexpended balance would carry forward to the following year.