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TITLE II 

[[underlined]] Section 201 [[/underlined]] (a) authorizes the Administrator of the General Services to make space in the Custom House available to the Smithsonian at a nominal charge, with the proviso that the Institution reimburse GSA for the costs of its operations and alterations;
(b) directs the Administrator to consider existing Federal needs in the building, and requires that the Custom House space be used for purposes of the Heye Center of the museum; and
(c) authorizes appropriations to GSA for the difference between the nominal amount charged the Smithsonian and commercial rates required of other tenants.

[[underlined]] Section 202 [[/underlined]] authorizes appropriations to GSA in an amount not to exceed $25 million for the repair and alteration of space in the Custom House other than that used by the Smithsonian for Heye Center purposes.

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