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and capital needs, $114.3 million more than the Office of Management and Budget planning target. The basic strategy inherent in this budget is an emphasis on "infrastructure." It is hoped that focusing on catch-up needs to support baseline programs will help gain a more expansive view of "current services," a definition which the Office of Management and Budget is using as their yardstick in reviewing requests. The Institution is also requesting funding for two high priority program initiatives, Global Change Research and Cultural Pluralism. This budget also reflects a more aggressive approach in the total sums requested than in the recent past.

The Salaries and Expenses budget totals $283.8 million incorporating approximately $37.9 million in program increases. These increases include $5.2 million for automation needs, $4.4 million for major scientific instrumentation, $3.2 million for the Museum of the American Indian (supplementing the assumed base of $6.0 million recommended by the House for our 1990 appropriation), $3.1 million for cultural pluralism, $2.1 million for Global Change Research initiatives, $1.0 million for exhibit hall renovation at the National Museum of Natural History, and $913,000 for a variety of Columbus Quincentenary projects.

The budget includes $61.5 million in the Construction account, $48.2 million over the Office of Management and Budget planning target. This sum represents $38.25 million for the General Post Office Building, $8.2 million for the National Museum of the American Indian, $6.0 million for the National Air and Space Museum extension, and $1.5 million for the National Museum of Natural History East Court project.

In the Repair and Renovation of Buildings account the Institution is budgeting $35.0 million, 14.0 million dollars for Major Capital Renewal projects, and $21.0 million for Repair, Restoration and Code Compliance projects. It is estimated that the backlog of repair projects would take seven to ten years to eliminate at this level of funding.

The budget for the Construction and Improvements, National Zoological Park account is $19.1 million. This provides $12.0 million for the continued implementation of the master plan, $4.3 million for the Front Royal Development Plan, and $2.8 million for repair and restoration projects.

[[underlined]] --Nonappropriated Trust Funds: [[/underlined]]  Fiscal year 1991 net income from General Unrestricted Trust Funds is budgeted to total $36.4 million, an increase of $1.1 million over the original budget figure for fiscal year 1990. Major increases include $1.5 million for the National Associates, $590,000 for Concessions, $400,000 for the Smithsonian Institution Press, and $200,000 for Media Activities. Offsetting these increases are more realistic projections of income for the [[underlined]] Air and Space [[/underlined]] magazine, Museum Shops and for Mail Order. Projections from these units are being re-evaluated for 1990.

The budgeted net revenues provide for a program contingency of $1.3 million to allow funding for projects of merit that may arise during the course of the year or annualized costs of positions that may be approved during the course of fiscal year 1990. Recognizing fiscal year 1989 costs annualized into 1990, the fiscal year 1991 program contingency has been increased by $444,000. The budget continues the annual $3.0 million transfer to the Endowment and an increase to the General Unrestricted Trust Fund