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[[underlined]] FY 1990 Budget [[/underlined]]

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ACCOUNT | FY 1989 APPROP. | REQUEST | HOUSE MARK | SENATE MARK

Salaries and Expenses | $211,240 | $227,737 | $231,981 | $223,029

Repair and Restoration | 20,735 | 26,653 | 26,869 | 26,653

Zoo Construction | 5,305 | 6,500 | 6,500 | 6,500

Construction |  |  |  | 
- Museum of the American Indian | -0- | -0- | 2,900 | 1,000
- Whipple Base Camp | 3,185 | -0- | -0- | -0-
- STRI | 2,700 | 3,480 | 3,480 | 1,780
- Alterations & Modifications | 2,020 | 4,040 | 4,040 | 4,040
- Construction Planning | 750 | 730 | 730	 | 730
- General Post Office Building Design | -0- | 1,750 | 1,750 | -0-

TOTAL | $245,935 | $270,890 | $278,250 | $263,732

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In the Salaries and Expenses account, the House allowed $4.2 million above the request and applied to other unfunded needs approximately $3.7 million that the Institution had budgeted for utilities but would not need as a result of Congressional decision to fund through other means. Major differences in the House and Senate actions include varying levels of funding for the Museum of the American Indian, Quincentenary activities, and Global Change initiatives. In the Repair and Renovation account, both the House and the Senate approved the Institution's request. In the Construction account, the House and Senate differed on funding for the Museum of the American Indian, for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's floating laboratory, and for the design of the General Post Office Building renovation. A letter is being prepared to the Conference Committee which will address the impact of all items of increase or decrease at variance between the House and the Senate.

There has been no change to the fiscal year 1990 Trust fund budget as approved by the Regents last September. However, a review of fiscal year 1990 indicates early decreases in the Secretary's Program Contingency reflecting out-year effects of earlier commitments. It was