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the restoration and adaptation of the Pension Building, in the amounts of $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, $20,000,000 for year 1980, and such sums as may be necessary for the following year. 

We have continued to indicate to the Committee that any role for the Institution is very uncertain given our other commitments and plans. Recently, however, Jay Solomon, Administrator of General Services, urged us to become more interested in the project. It is likely that the proposed legislation will be introduced in the next session of Congress at which time the Smithsonian will be requested to state its position.