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PUBLIC LAW 96-36—JULY 20, 1979 Public Law 96-36 96th Congress An Act

July 20. 1979 [S. 927]

Original Smithsonian Institution Building, adjacent land development. 20 USC 50 note. Appropriation authorization. 20 USC 50 note. Funds, transfer toGSA. 20 USC 50 note.

To authorize the Smithsonian Institution to plan for the development of the area south of the original Smithsonian Institution Building adjacent to Independence Avenue at Tenth Street, Southwest, in the city of Washington.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to plan for the development of the area south of the original Smithsonian Institution Building adjacent to Independence Avenue at Tenth Street, Southwest, in the city of Washington. SEC. 2. Effective October 1, 1979, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution $500,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act. SEC. 3. Any portion of the sums appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act may be transferred to the General Services Administration which, in consultation with the Smithsonian Institution, is authorized to enter into contracts and take such other action, to the extent of the sums so transferred to it, as may be necessary to carry out such purposes. Approved July 20, 1979.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: SENATE REPORT No. 96-140 (Comm. on Rules and Administration). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 125 (1979): May 21, considered and passed Senate. July 9, H.R. 3504 considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 927 passed in lieu.

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