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Collective Bargaining with AFGE Local 2463

After successful administration of the collective bargaining agreement reached in July 1982, the Smithsonian Institution and AFGE Local 2463 have agreed to open collective bargaining on a new agreement. This agreement covers all Smithsonian non-professional, non-supervisory employees. Both sides have agreed to pursue their new agreement through interest-based bargaining, which is often referred to as WIN/WIN bargaining. Special training in this new style of bargaining has already begun under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Training is to be completed by the end of July, and bargaining is tentatively scheduled to begin in early September.

House Mark-up of Fiscal Year 1995 Appropriation Request

Both House and Senate Appropriation Committees on the Department of Interior and Related Agencies marked up the fiscal year 1995 appropriation bill (H.R. 4602) in June. The House recommended a total of $373.5 million for all appropriation accounts. The Senate recommended a total of $369.1 million for all appropriation accounts, as indicated in the following table.

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| | | FY 1995 |

| Account | FY 1994 Approp. | Request | House Full Committee Mark | Senate Full Committee Mark |

| Salaries and Expenses | 302,349 | 318,579 | 314,454 | 312,755 | 

| Repair and Restoration | 24,000 | 25,300 | 24,000 | 24,000 |

| Zoo Construction | 5,400 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 3,050 |

Construction

| --Air and Space Museum Extension | 0 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |

| --Museum of the American Indian

| Cultural Resources Ctr. | 6,200 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |

| Mall Facility | 0 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |

| --Alterations & Modifications | 4,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |

| --Construction Planning | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| Total Construction | 10,400 | 50,000 | 30,000 | 29,300  [[footnote 1]]|

| Grand Total | 342,149 | 398,879 | 373,454 | 369,105 |

Salaries and Expenses

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The House and Senate allowed all of the Institution's requested increases for the National Museum of the American Indian, the Museum Support Center Move, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Office of Plant Services, and the Latino Programming Pool. The House and Senate also allowed increases requested for the mandatory costs of Health Insurance, Federal Employee Retirement System, and Workers' and Unemployment Compensation and annualization of the fiscal year 1994 locality pay raise. The House added $50,000 to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute line-item for the MPala Research Center; however this add-on was not supported by the Senate.
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[[Footnote 1]] Total includes a reduction of $700,000 related to savings from prior-year projects.

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