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The FY 1985 Salaries and Expenses submission to OMB totals $171,748,000 and would allow for inflation, funding for earlier-projected levels for science, history and art, and public service programs, exhibition and seminar activities for the Bicentennial of the Constitution, improved security and protection of collections and property, and some automation of records and data systems.  The FY 1985 request provides for an accelerated equipping and operations of the Museum Support Center.  The FY 1989 Salaries and Expenses budget in projected to total $265,962,000, with 68% of the increase stemming from estimated legislative pay increases, necessary pay , and inflation.  Other areas of increase will include research support of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the National Museum of Natural History, collections acquisition and management, and exhibition programs at the History and Art museums, and Smithsonian library, central exhibition and archival support.  Projections through FY 1989 also provide for Quadrangle utilities, security, maintenance, and expanded museum activities.

For non-appropriated trust funds, gross amounts of funds are expected to increase markedly during FY 1985-1989, though net funds available for program support (after expenses) will increase only moderately, allowing for a continuation of around $2 to 2.5 million annual allotments for collections acquisitions, scholarly studies, and educational outreach projects; annual transfer of $3 million to endowment; and operating allotments for the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Folklife Program, Telecommunications, Visitors' Information and Associates Reception Center, Fellowship Program, and Fluid Research Grants.  Also projected is a $500,000 per year construction contingency for improvements to various facilities.

The Quadrangle remains the Institution's highest construction priority during the planning period, though special importance is given to the acquisition and restoration of the General Post Office Building as a center for the study and exhibition of American art.  Other major projects include the Zoo's aquatic habitats exhibit and continued development of the Front Royal Conservation Center, the base camp for the Whipple Observatory, improvements to the Tropical Research Institute, research facilities for the Environmental Research Center, and a Dulles Airport storage and exhibition facility for the National Air and Space Museum.  Further planning will focus on alternatives to leased office and storage spaces.  Funding for restoration and renovation projects in planned to increase significantly.

Beyond FY 1989, the Prospectus highlights the Institution's multinational character, in addition to enhanced research programs in archeometry, anthropological disciplines, and species conservation and propagation.  Collections management, conservation, and new acquisitions are also highlighted. Long range facilities development will include a new Anacostia Museum at Poplar Point, completion of the wing at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, a Smithsonian-owned building for the astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., a second phase of development of the Suitland properties, and continued development storage facilities for the National Air and Space Museum.  It is expected that the renovation, restoration, and modifications to building on the Mall and elsewhere will continue to be among the Institution's highest priorities for enhanced research and exhibitions, access by the handicapped, safety and health programs, and the preservation of the historic facilities.