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| [[underline]]OMB Approved FY 1977 Request | Transition Period (7/1/76-9/30/76) | FY 1976 | FY 1975 Actual[[/underline]]
| | | |
[[underline]]Sal. & Exp.[[/underline]]- Originally | 85,100 | 21,740 | 77,832 |
 Add Supp. to be request'd for pay and utils. | [[underline]]  ?  [[/underline]] | [[underline]]  928[[/underline]] | [[underline]] 3,606[[/underline]] | [[underline]]     [[/underline]]
   Revised | | 22,668 | 81,438 | 70,706
| | | |
[[underline]]SSIE[[/underline]] - Originally | 1,900 | 500 | 1,875 |
 Add Supp. request | [[underline]]  ?  [[/underline]] | [[underline]]  23[[/underline]] | [[underline]]  69[[/underline]] | [[underline]]     [[/underline]]
   Revised | | 523 | 1,944 | 1,805
| | | |
[[underline]]FOREIGN CURRENCY[[/underline]] | 4,481 | - | 500 | 2,000
| | | |
[[underline]]TOTAL OPERATING APPROP.[[underline]]- Originally | 91,481 | 22,240 | 80,207 |
  -Add Supplemental | [[underline]]  ?  [[/underline]] | [[underline]] 951[[/underline]] | [[underline]] 3,675[[/underline]] | [[underline]]     [[/underline]]
   Revised | | 23,191 | 83,882 | 74,511

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[[underline]]PRINCIPAL INCREASES IN S&E: | FY 77 vs. FY 76 | FY 76 vs. FY 75[[/underline]]
| |
  Uncontrollable pay & util. incr. | 3,200 | 2,400
  NASM - Operating cost incr. | 1,600 | 2,800
  Bicentennial Program incr. | (4,100) | 400
  Other Program & Support | 3,000 | 1,500
| |
| [[underline]]     [[/underline]] | [[underline]]     [[/underline]]
| 3,700 | 7,100

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The final FY 1976 appropriation for operating purposes is about $800,000 higher than the House-approved total outlined to this Board last September and reflects, in part, Senate and House Conference consideration of our appeals on behalf of the Science Information Exchange and the Foreign Currency Program.  The $500,000 appropriation for the Foreign Currency Program, only one-fourth of that for the previous year, will at least keep on-going projects alive to provide some further research returns on funds already spent on these projects.  A substantial re-