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[[underline]] Status of Construction Projects [[/underline]]

The Secretary reported on the status of construction projects, as follows:

[[underline]] National Air and Space Museum [[/underline]]

Construction of the National Air and Space Museum continues at a pace which will see the building completed on schedule -- by June 1975 -- and within the authorized funding.

The project has been divided into 24 construction contract packages and two supply contract packages. Five of the construction contracts have been completed. Four contracts are in the final stages. The remaining contracts are on schedule and in various stages of completion.

The last increment of the $40 million appropriation, to liquidate the final $3,000,000 of contract authority, will be requested from the Congress in fiscal year 1976 to assure the timely completion of the building for its public opening on July 4, 1976.