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In the Salaries and Expenses budget $232.1 million is being requested, $8.5 million over the Office of Management and Budget's planning target. This amount is also $15.9 million over the fiscal year 1989 request now before Congress. After allowing $3.5 million for uncontrollable costs, the budget includes $12.4 million for new program growth. The most significant growth items include a variety of efforts as part of the Columbus Quincentenary programming ($1,123,000), the Submillimeter Telescope Array project ($812,000), facilities planning and Restoration and Renovation program management ($872,000), Collections Information Systems project ($970,000), storage space rental for the National Museum of American History ($430,000), the Multiple Mirror Telescope ($300,000), the new Accounting system ($303,000), and equipment and staffing support for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ($500,000).

The Construction budget for the National Zoological Park is $8.1 million, or $2.6 million over the planning target from the Office of Management and Budget. The request includes $4.5 million for phase II of the Amazonia Exhibition, $1.0 million for the Living-in-Water Exhibition, and $2.6 million for the highest priority repair and restoration projects.

The Construction budget for the Smithsonian is $14.0 million, $12.0 million over target. Within this amount is $6.0 million for minor construction projects, $4.0 million for the Galeta/Atlantic laboratories and dormitory at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, $3.0 million for General Post Office design, and $1.0 million in planning funds for major construction and modification projects. 

The Repair and Restoration budget for the Smithsonian is $35.0 million, $11.8 million over target. Within this total is $15.8 million for the Major Capital Renewal program and $19.2 million for Repair, Restoration and Code Compliance projects. 

[[underlined]] --Nonappropriated Trust Funds: [[/underlined]] Fiscal year 1990 net income from Unrestricted General Trust Funds is budgeted to total $35.3 million, an increase of $4.6 million over the budgeted figure for fiscal year 1989. Major increases include $1.2 million for Museum Shops and Mail Order, $900,000 for the [[underlined]] Air and Space [[/underlined]] Magazine, and $500,000 for the National Associates. The largest single element of increase is $1.5 million of unrestricted gifts to be raised by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for External Affairs.

General Unrestricted Trust Fund investment income is estimated to increase by $900,000 reflecting increased levels of working capital available for investment and higher rates predicted. Reducing net income is a $325,000 reduction in the transfer to General Unrestricted Trust Funds from the National Air and Space Theater net revenues. This change is primarily the result of a more equitable formula for sharing revenues consistent with bureau needs.

The budgeted net revenues provide for a program contingency of $900,000 that will allow funding of projects of merit that may arise during the course of the year or annualized positions that may approved during the course of '89. Additionally, the budget maintains the annual