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--legislation affecting the Institution;

--acquisition of buildings and facilities;

--report on principal staff members;

--acceptance of gifts and bequests; and, 

--appointments to the Board of Regents.

The Secretary's statutory duties may be described as follows:

The Secretary is the principal administrator of the Institution, charged with the responsibility of carrying out the programs and policies as approved by the Regents and in accordance with applicable law. In particular, he is responsible for:

Programs: To carry out approved programs, such as public exhibitions, collections, conservation, publications, research, public and specialized education, performing arts, and other related programs:

--to review and improve or revise programs; 
--to recommend new programs (e.g., the National Portrait Gallery, the National Air and Space Museum, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Smithsonian Magazine, the Smithsonian Associates)

Finances: To prepare budgetary proposals; submit these for approval to the Regents (non-Federal funds) and to the Regents, the Office of Management and Budget and the Congress (Federal funds); and execute approved financial plans for both expenditure and revenue-producing activities.

Personnel: To exercise executive direction over some 2,500 Civil Service employees and 900 or more non-Federal employees, including recruitment, classification, wage administration, organizing, training, and all other elements of the administration of personnel. 

Legislation: To propose and seek legislative authority from the Congress in all necessary matters for proper administration of Smithsonian programs. 

Buildings and Facilities: Acquisition and maintenance, alternation, operation, and protection of builidings and facilities of the institution.