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110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6627
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 18 (legislative day, September 17), 2008
Received
AN ACT
To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out certain construction projects, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Smithsonian Institution Facilities
Authorization Act of 2008
.
Laboratory and support space, Edgewater, Maryland
Authority To design and construct
The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to design and construct laboratory and support space to accommodate the Mathias Laboratory at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Maryland.
Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section a total of $41,000,000 for fiscal years 2009 through 2011. Such sums shall remain available until expended.
Laboratory space, Gamboa, Panama
Authority To construct
The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to construct laboratory space to accommodate the terrestrial research program of the Smithsonian tropical research institute in Gamboa, Panama.
Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section a total of $14,000,000 for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. Such sums shall remain available until expended.
Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 2008.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.