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to the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.

Sec.107. (a) Effective October 1, 1989 there is authorized to be appropriated to the Smithsonian Institution $15,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1990 and such sums as may be necessary for succeeding fiscal years to carry out the purposes of this Title, including without limitation during the period prior to the availability of the facilities described in Section 102, funds for administrative and planning expenses and for the care and custody of collections.

(b) Any sums appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act may be transferred to the General Services Administration which, in consultation with the Smithsonian Institution, is authorized to enter into contracts and take such other action, to the extent of the sums so transferred to it, as may be necessary to carry out such purposes.

TITLE II

Sec.201. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as otherwise provided herein, the Administrator of General Services (hereinafter in this Act referred to as "the Administrator") is authorized, upon such terms and for such periods as may be mutually agreed to between the Administrator and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to furnish at a nominal charge to the Smithsonian Institution space in the Old United States Custom House at One Bowling Green in the City of 

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