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Unless this gap is closed, the Center is in danger of (1) losing first-rate candidates as fellows and/or (2) changing our process of selection, which has never so far taken a fellow's financial situation into account. We could be forced either to take inferior applicants who are less well paid or to favor those who come from wealthier institutions which can provide sabbatical support during a fellowship year. Either policy is highly undesirable for a national institution pledged both to high quality and to open, competitive access. Either policy could lead to a serious erosion in the quality and variety of our fellows upon whom the life of the Center and the vitality of its outreach depend.

The other major increase requested is the converting of four positions in the Center's international programs from the private to the federal budget. The Center gives the highest priority to this institutionalization of its international programs. These programs have proved themselves to be of great value institutionally and have generated substantial international interest. In order to provide a dependable long-term institutional framework for this activity, the salaries and benefits of two of the program secretaries and two administrative assistants must become part of the basic structure of the presidential memorial.

In the President's FY 1982 budget request, the Center was authorized funds for all eight positions in these programs. Although this request was also approved by the House Appropriations Committee, it was not included in the final appropriation for FY 1982. The President's budget for FY 1983 includes a request for four of these eight positions at a cost of $135,000. Support for the other four positions will continue to be sought from the private side.

The Center has now reached a critical point. Unless funding for administering its international programs can be secured, the Center will have to retrench these programs severely. They have played a unique role in linking both the Washington policy community and the broader American scholarly community with the U.S.S.R., East Asia, Latin America, and Europe and the Middle East (the recent emphases of the International Security Studies Program) precisely at a time when relations with each of these regions are entering a more critical period.

The Center began each of these international programs with private funding. We are continuing to raise private funds in increasing amounts for seminars, meetings, and outreach activities in all these international programs. But private donors regard the core administration for a congres-sionally-created international presidential memorial as an appropriate federal cost. Private donors have made it clear that they will support core administrative costs of new programs only during the start-up period, which is now past. This federal support for at least half of the staff costs is a prerequisite for most forms of continued private support after this initial period. We have tested and perfected these programs for six years, and minimal staff support must be instutitionalized for them if they are to continue. International programs are essential if the Center is to fulfill the intention of the Congress that the official memorial to Woodrow Wilson be an international center linking ideas with action here in Washington.

Approval of the core costs for these four positions will not increase the size of the Center or of the staff. We have held down staff size stringently over time on our federal budget. (We have increased our full-time federal slots only from 20 to 23 since 1975, despite an immense increase in our activities.) We did not request federal support for these positions in our international program before 1982 because we wanted them to prove themselves by gaining initial outside support. They have now done this and have proven successful beyond our expectations. Without the requested increase, a remarkable series of international associations and activities that have taken many years to develop will simply not continue.

Additional requests for FY 1983 will go to annualizing the October, 1981 federal pay raise, to providing the Center with more capability in its word-processing unit, and to providing modest but realistic increases for administration and scholar support, including an increased payment to the Smithsonian Institution for the varied services it provides the Center.

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS Funding Estimates and Appropriations Request

I. Fellowship Program

II. Scholar Support

III. Public Service

IV. General

Administration

V. Building

Requirements

The Board of Trustees of the Wilson Center requests a federal appropriation for FY 1983 of $2,255,000, an increase of $383,000 over the Center's FY 1982 appropriation.

The increase would go to cover the following items which are explained more fully in the pages that follow:

Increase

1. To increase the average unit value of a 12-month

fellowship at the Center from $27,650 to $31,000: $117,000

2. To annualize the October 1981 federal pay raise of 4.8% 32,000

3. To increase the Center's payment to the Smithsonian

Institution for administrative services: 27,000

4. To institutionalize half of the Center's international programs by transferring four positions in these programs from the private to the federal payroll: 135,000

5. General administrative and scholar support increases

to keep pace with inflation: 45,000

6. Establishment of a fully functional word processing unit to handle the typing of Center manuscripts and working

papers: 27,000

$383,000

I. Fellowship Program

FY 1981

962,000

FY 1982

968,000

FY 1983

1,085,000

Increase Requested

117,000

Analysis of Increase

In its present quarters in the Smithsonian Building, The Wilson Center is able to accommodate 41 fellows and guest scholars at any one time. Basic fellowship stipends for 35 of these fellows are provided by appropriated funds at a level for FY 1982 of $27,650 per year. The balance of the fellowships is provided by private funds at an average level of $35,000 per years.

In comparing these atipends with academic salaries in first-class institutions, or for scholars at the top of their professions—as most of the Center's fellows are—it should be noted that the Center's stipends are for twelve months (rather that the nine or ten which is the base of most academic salaries) and that the Center's stipends also include transportation for fellows and their dependents. For the academic year 1980-81, the average nine-month salary for full professors in first-rank colleges and universities in the mid-Atlantic region was $35,850, according to figures released by the American Association of University Professors. With continuing inflation, increased transportation costs, and higher academic salaries, it is necessary to raise the average stipend for appropriated funds to $31,000 for a twelvemonth period. This is necessary even to maintain the quality of fellows now attracted through the Center's open competition. Experience this past year indicates that for some of the best applicants the Center cannot now compete with other international research institutes for a year's stipend. The Center will not be able to hold in residence in Washington the very high quality of applicants successful in its competition unless the stipend is increased for FY 1983. The fellow are the living memorial and their scholarship is the basic resource for all that the Center does. It is essential that they be of the highest quality.

To increase the average stipends from $27,650 to $31,000 for each of the 35 fellows annually would cost $117,000.

Increase

FY 1981 FY 1982 FY 1983 Requested

Personnel Costs 134,000 131,000 168,000 + 37,000

Library 26,000 30,000 33,000 + 3,000

Research

Associates 6,000 10,000 16,000 + 6,000

166,000 171,000 217,000 + 46,000

Analysis of Increase

Overall personnel costs are not being increased in the Scholar Support category other than for a pro-rated share of the $32,000 amount needed to annualize the October, 1981, federal pay raise. One personnel slot has been shifted from the General Administrative category (where there is a decrease in the amount of personnel money requested for FY 1983) to Scholar Support. No new positions are reflected here.

The increase requested for library and research associates is based on actual costs at the current level of activity. The bulk of the library money is used to buy periodicals and annual bibliographic tools. Very little goes into the purchase of books per se. The Center is able to make full use of the facilities of the Library of Congress and thus minimize its own need to purchase books.

Experience has shown us that research associates (in the form of part-time graduate students from the local universities) are indispensable for the kind of scholarship carried on by most of our fellows. The Center is able to make use of the College Work-Study program for most of these students and thus obtain the services of these graduate students for only 20-30% of their hourly wage rate (the remaining 70-80% being paid for by the universities.) To continue this program and to provide a research helper for 6 to 10 hours per week to each fellow who needs one will cost the Center $16,000 in FY 1983.

Increase FY 1981 FY 1982 FY 1983 Requested

Personnel Costs 196,000 206,000 355,000 + 149,000

Travel 4,000 6,000 6,000

Consultations 3,000 6,000 6,000

203,000 218,000 367,000 + 149,000

Analysis of Increase

The largest single increase requested of FY 1983 and the one most vital to the continued existence of the Center's international programs is for the transferring of four personnel slots from the private to the federal payroll.

In FY 1982, the Center requested that eight positions in these programs be transferred from private to appropriated funds (one program secretary and one administrative assistant for each of four programs). This request, although approved by the Office of Management and Budget and by the House Appropriations Committee, was not approved in the final appropriations bill for the Center. For FY 1983, the Office of Management and Budget is permitting the Center to seek funds to transfer four of these positions to the federal side (two program secretaries and two administrative assistants.) This means that four positions would continue on the private side and the Center would continue to seek annual private contributions to support them.

The heads of the Center's four international programs (the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, the Latin American program, International Security Studies program, East Asia program) have played a crucial and by now thoroughly tested role in developing public programs within the Center and in assuring an international focus for, and international involvement in, the Center's activities. Federal support for two of these programs would permit long-term planning and facilitate cumulative impact over time for each program's publications and communications. International interest in the international programs at the Center has proved to be substantial, and has led to some initial, generous grants from the Volkswagen and Japan Foundations. But sustaining support must be secured if these programs are to fulfill the true potential for them as an integral aspect of an international memorial. While private foundations supported the initial, experimental phases of the establishment of these international programs, they explicitly regard such funding as seed-money, as an opportunity to prove that a good idea made sense and would work.

In order to provide a dependable institutional framework for the Center's international activity, the basic salaries and fringe benefits of two Program Secretaries (professional positions at GS-15 level) and of two administrative assistants (positions at GS-8 level) should be part of the basic support structure of the presential memorial. The salaries and benefits of these four positions total $135,000. The additional $14,000 requested in personnel costs for the Public Service category is for a pro-rated share of the October, 1981 federal pay raise.

IV. General Administration

Increase FY 1981 FY 1982 FY 1983 Requested

Personnel Costs 324,000 335,000 327,000 - 8,000

Travel 6,000 10,000 10,000

Rental of Office Machines

Duplicating

Printing

Computer Services

Communications

Shipping

Miscellaneous Services (Audio-visual, Maintenance, etc.)

Supplies

Equipment

409,000 467,000 511,000 + 44,000

Analysis of Increase

In the category of General Administration, personnel costs go down in FY 1983 due to the internal shifting of personnel slots (one increased position in Scholar Support). The remaining increases, totaling $52,000, are accounted for by the Center's need for a fully-functioning word processing unit ($27,000) and for increases of $25,000 in the other components of the General Administration category.

The item for the word-processing unit was requested in the Center's FY 1982 budget but the reduced amount eventually appropriated did not permit implementation of this request. The increasing volume of fellows' research and of all the Center's activities has created an enormous outpouring of working papers, seminar drafts, manuscripts and occasional papers. With the aid of the Smithsonian's Office of Computer Services, the Center has conducted a systematic inventory of word-processing equipment and has determined that the advantages to the Center's productivity justify a major investment in this equipment (terminals, printers, and an optical character reader) in order to keep up with the increased output with no increase in staff. The net increase occasioned by these changes would be $27,000 annually.

The remaining increases spread among the other elements of General Administration are based on the Center's actual experience with these items and represent merely a continuation of the current levels of activity with realistic costing.

V. Building Requirements

Increase FY 1981 FY 1982 FY 1983 Requested

Reimbursement to SI 50,000 48,000 75,000 + 27,000

Refurbish Office Spaces 40,000 -^

90,000 48,000 75,000 + 27,000

Analysis of Increase

The Center proposes to increase its reimbursement payment to the Smithsonian Institution from $48,000 to $75,000. This reimbursement, which earlier had been set at $50,000, was reduced to $48,000 in the appropriation for FY 1982. This reimbursement is intended as a kind of "rent" for the very handsome space which the Center occupies in the Smithsonian Castle building and as a payment for the various administrative services (personnel, accounting, general counsel, supply, etc.) provided to the Center by the Smithsonian. The monetary value of these services has increased steadily in recent years and we feel it is reasonable to increase the reimbursement payment. Even with the increase, the reimbursement would not be sufficient to cover rent alone if the Center had to pay commercial prices for the space it now occupies.

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT, FY 1981 October 1, 1980 - September 30, 1981

INCOME

1. Federal Appropriation

2. Private Funds carried

forward from FY 1980:

General Center

Unrestricted

Restricted Kennan Institute Latin American Program International Security Studies East Asia Program American Society and Politics

3. Private Funds committed

for FY 1981:

General Center

Unrestricted

Restricted Kennan Institute Latin American Program International Security Studies East Asia Program American Society and Politics

4. Additional Private Funds raised in

FY 1981 for FY 1981 Program:

General Center

Unrestricted

Restricted Kennan Institute Latin American Program International Security Studies East Asia Program American Society and Politics

$1,830,000

179,038 240,491

73,048 453,810

60,514 103,039

175,000 39,000

132,000 20,000 45,000

189,000*

92,000 108,000

1,109,940

411,000

389,000**

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INCOME (continued)

5. Wilson Quarterly

P&L Balance, start of year (416,215)

Income, FY 1981 1,598,140

Transferred from reserves 147,975

Reserves 151,519 1,481,419

Total Income, FY 1981: 5,221,359

(for FY 1981 program)

*Represents amount of expenditures not covered by overhead recovery.

**Funds needed to be raised in any given year are substantially in excess of funds needed for use in that year alone.

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT, FY 1981 October 1, 1980 - September 30, 1981

EXPENDITURES

Federal

Private

Total

1. General Center

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc.

2. Kennan Institute

589,000

164,500

407,000

10,000

159,454

72,183

104,537

102,910

748,454 236,683 511,537 112,910

1,609,584

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc.

3. Latin American Program

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc.

4. International Security Studies

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc.

5. East Asia Program

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc.

281,953

606,822

266,483

201,589

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EXPENDITURES (continued)

Federal Private Total

6. American Society & Politics

A. For General Administration

Personnel 65,000 65,000

Other* 6,000 6,000

B. For Fellowships 275,000 275,000

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc. 346,000

7. Wilson Quarterly

A. For General Administration

Personnel 317,852 317,852

Other 1,428,263 1,428,263

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc. 1,746,115

Expenditure Totals 1,830,000 3,228,546 5,058,546

FY 1981 Program funds to be

carried forward to FY 1982 162,813

5,221,359

* Includes travel, advisory panels, supplies, equipment, printing, etc.

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

ESTIMATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT, FY 1982 October 1, 1981 - September 30, 1982 INCOME

1. Federal Appropriation

2. Private Funds carried forward from FY 1981:

General Center

Unrestricted

Restricted Kennan Institute Latin American Program International Security Studies East Asia Program American Society & Politics

3. Estimated Private Funds anticipated for FY 1982:

General Center

Unrestricted

Restricted Kennan Institute Latin American Program International Security Studies East Asia Program American Society & Politics

279,973 136,016

68,748* 250,155 176,844**

71,858

227,000 39,500

135,000

40,000

5,000

4. Private Funds needed to be raised

in FY 1982 for FY 1982 program:***

General Center

Unrestricted

Restricted Kennan Institute Latin American Program International Security Studies East Asia Program American Society & Politics

5. Wilson Quarterly

P&L Balance, start of year: Estimated Income, FY 1982: Carried forward from 1981: Needed to be raised, FY 1981

Total Income, FY 1982: (for FY 1982 program)

*$50,000 of this amount represents funds committed for specific activities in FY 1983 and 1984.

**$7 5,000 of this amount represents funds committed for specific activities in FY 1983.

***Funds needed to be raised in any given year are substantially in excess of funds needed for use in that year alone,

169,000 68,677

68,556

106,818 110,000

(416,215) 1,402,400 151,519 347,496

$1,872,000

983,594

446,500

523,051

1,485,200 $5,310,345

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS ESTIMATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT, FY 1982 October 1, 1981 - September 30, 1982

EXPENDITURES

Federal

Private

Total

1. General Center

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences etc.

2. Kennan Institute

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc.

3. Latin American Program

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc.

4. International Security Studies

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc.

5. East Asia Program

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc.

599,000 192,500 332,048

11,500 89,863

365,710

9,000

148,500

141,500

88,798

30,900

26,000

226,800

964,710 201,500 480,548 141,500

88,798

42,400

115,863

226,800

1,788,258

252,438

473,861

335,913

279,539

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EXPENDITURES (continued)

Federal Private Total

6. American Society & Politics

A. For General Administration

Personnel 73,000 73,000

Other* 6,000 6,000

B. For Fellowships 221,200 221,200

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc. 110,000 110,000 410,200

7. Wilson Quarterly

A. For General Administration

Personnel 328,700 328,700

Other 1,156,500 1,156,500

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc. 1,485,200

Expenditure Totals 1,872,000 3,153,409 5,025,409

FY 1982 Program to be

carried forward FY 1983: 284,936

* Includes travel, advisory panels, supplies, equipment, printing, etc.

5,310,345

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS ESTIMATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT, FY 1983 October 1, 1982 - September 30, 1983

INCOME

1. Federal Appropriation

2. Private Funds carried forward from FY 1982:

$2,255,000

General Center Unrestricted Restricted Kennan Institute Latin American Program International Security Studies East Asia Program American Society & Politics

275,000 130,000

50,000* 150,000 75,000 50,000

730,000

$ 200,000

135,000

40,000

5,000

3. Estimated Private Funds anticipated in FY 1983:

General Center

Unrestricted

Restricted Kennan Institute Latin American Program International Security Studies East Asia Program American Society & Politics

4. Private Funds needed to be raised in FY 1983 for

FY 1983 program:**

General Center

Unrestricted

Restricted Kennan Institute Latin American Program International Security Studies East Asia Program American Society & Politics

5. Wilson Quarterly

P&L Balance, start of year: Estimate Income, FY 1983: Needed to be raised, FY 1983:

Total estimated income, FY 1983: (for FY 1983 program)

*$25,000 of this amount represents funds committed for specific activities in FY 1984.

**Funds needed to be raised in any given year are substantially in excess of funds needed for use in that fiscal year,

$ 169,000

101,925

64,054

95,400

106,140

110,000

1,542,640 91,080

380,000

646,519

1,633,720 $5,645,239

WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS

ESTIMATED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT - FY 1983

October 1, 1982 - September 30, 1983

EXPENDITURES

Federal Private Total

2. Kennan Institute

1,848,954

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc. 7,200 7,200 317,675

3. Latin American Program

A. For General Administration

Personnel 20,000 65,354 85,354

Other* 11,500 30,900 42,400

B. For Fellowships 100,750 26,000 126,750

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc. 226,800 226,800 481,304

4. International Security Studies

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc. -— 86,400 86,400 401,150

5. East Asia Program

A. For General Administration

Personnel Other*

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc. -— 112,620 112,620 287,890

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EXPENDITURES (continued)

Federal Private Total

6. American Society & Politics

A. For General Administration

Personnel 73,000 73,000

Other* 6,000 6,000

B. For Fellowships 248,000 248,000

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc. 110,000 110,000 437,000

7. Wilson Quarterly

A. For General Administration

Personnel 361,570 361,570

Other 1,272,150 1,272,150

B. For Fellowships

C. For Programs, Conferences, etc. 1,633,720

Expenditure Totals: 2,255,000 3,152,693 5,407,693

FY 1983 Programs To be carried

forward to FY 1984: 237,546

* Includes travel, advisory panels, supplies, equipment, printing, etc.

5,645,239

STANDARD FORM 304 M.iv 1969. Bureau ol the Budget (mul.it No A-11. Revised 404-101

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

OBJECT CLASSIFICATION (in thousands of dollars)

Idcniiruaiiun i ode

33-0400-O-1-503

"' 81

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19 miniate

82

'* 83

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Personnel benefits: 12.1 Civilian

*Wxxaeoefaj<fow6OTW!cxT!C)»w5wkx

21.0 Travel and transportation of persons....

22.0 Transportation of things

23.0 Rent, communications, and utilities

24.0 Printing and reproduction

25.0 Other services

26.0 Supplies and materials

31.0 Equipment

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990 Total obligations.

587

587 54

40 1

61

1

137

33

23

891

1,828

614

614

62

52 1 71 2 86 39 19

926

1,872

774

774

76

52

2

112

3

124

43

23

1,046

2,255

21

STANDARD FORM 300

July 1964, Bureau of cue Budget Circular No. A-ll, Revised.

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Personnel Summary

Identification code

33-0400-0-1-503

Total number of full-time permanent positions

Total compensable workyears:

Full-time equivalent employment

Full -time equivalent of overtime and holiday hours

Average GS grade

Average GS salary

(Mono cut: 31.9)

'• 81

actual

23

23 0

9.48 $25,662

(Mono cast: 5)

"82

uilmilt

23

23 0

9.48 $28,312

(Mono cast 5)

?83

27

27 0

9.96 $28,400

22

(Mono cast 4.9"

90th Congress, S. 3174

October 24, 1968

SLnSlct

Tn establish a National Memorial to Woodrow Wilson.

Be it enacted by the, Semite and House of Representnti.es of the United States of A merica in Congress assembled. That this Act may be Woodrow "llaon cited as the "Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968." Memorial Act

f 1963.

DECLARATION OF POLICY

Sec. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares—

(1) that a living institution expressing the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson would be an appropriate memorial to Ins accomplishments as the twenty-eighth President of the United States, a distinguished scholar, an outstanding university president, and a brilliant advocate of international understanding;

(2) that the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission, crented by joint resolution of Congress, recommended that an International Center for Scholars be constructed in the District of Columbia in the area north of the proposed Market Square as part of the Nation's memorial to Woodrow Wilson;

(3) that such a center, symbolizing and strengthening the fruitful relation between the world of learning and the world of public affairs, would be a suitable memorial to the spirit of Woodrow Wilson; and

(4) that the establishment of such a center would be consonant with the purposes of the Smithsonian Institution, created by Congress in 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men."'

THE CENTER AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Sec. 3. (a) There is hereby established in the Smithsonian Institution a Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a Board of Trustees of the Center (hereinafter referred to as the '"Center" and the ''Board"), whose duties it shall be to maintain and administer the Center and site thereof and to execute such other functions as are vested in the Board by this Act.

(b) The Board of Trustees shall be composed of fifteen members as follows:

(1) the Secretary of State:

(2) the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare;

(3) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities;

(4) the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution;

(5) the Librarian of Congress;

(6) the Archivist of the United States;

(7) one appointed by the President from time to time from within the Federal Government; and

(8) eight appointed by the President, from private life.

(c) Each member of the Board of Trustees specified in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b) may designate another official to serve on the Board of Trustees in his stead.

(d) Each member of the Board of Trustees appointed under paragraph (8) of subsection (b) shall serve for a term of six years from the expiration of his predecessor's term; except that (1) any trustee appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term tor which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and (2) the terms of office of the trustees first taking office shall begin on the date of the enactment of this Act,

82 STAT. 1355 82 STAT. 1357

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Soholars jBoard of Trustee* of the Center. Establishment, Membership,

Tera.

24

Pub. Law 90-637 - 2 October 24, 1968

and shall expire as designated at the time of appointment, two at

the end of two years, three at the end of four years, and three at 92 STAT. 13S7 the end of six years. No trustee of the Board chosen from private life 82 STAT. 1358 shall be eligible to serve in excess of two consecutive terms, except that

a trustee whose term has pxpired may serve until his successor has

qualified.

(e) The President shall designate a Chairman and a Vice Chairman

from among the members of the Board chosen from private life.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD

Sec. 4. (a) In administering the Center, the Board shall have all necessary and proper powers, which shall include but not be limited to the power toil) appoint scholars, from the United States and abroad, and, where appropriate, provide stipends, grants, and fellowships to such scholars, and to hire or accept the voluntary services of consultants, advisory boards, and panels to aid the Board in carrying out its responsibilities;

(2) solicit, accept, and dispose of gifts, bequests, and devices of money, securities, and other property of whatsoever character for the benefit of the ("enter; anv such money, securities, or other property shall, upon receipt, be deposited with the Smithsonian Institution, and unless otherwise restricted bv the terms of the gift, expenditures shall be in the discretion of the Board for the purposes of the Center;

(3) obtain grants from, and make contracts with. State, Federal, local, and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals;

(4) acquire such site as a location for the Center as may subsequently be authorized by the Congress;

(.">) acquire, hold, maintain, use, operate, and dispose of any physical facilities, including equipment, necessary for the operation of the Center;

(fi) appoint and fix the compensation and duties of the director and such other officers of the Center as may be necessary for the efficient administration of the Center; the director and two other officers of the Center may be appointed and compensated without regard to the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code governing appointments in the competitive service and chapter ">1 and 5 use 5101 snl>chapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 of the United States Code;

at 3eq , 5331 and

Si Hi (7) prepare plans and s[>ecificat!ons for the Center, including

the design and development of all buildings, facilities, open spaces, and other ^structures on the site in consultation with the President's Temporary Commission or. Pennsylvania Avenue, or its successor, and with other appropriate Federal and local agencies, such plans to include an exterior classic frieze memorial to Wood row Wilson, (b) The Board shall, in connection with acquisition of any site authorized by Congress, as provided for in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of this section, provide, to businesses and residents displaced from nny such site, relocation assistance, including payments and other benefits, equivalent to that authorized to displace businesses 63 Stat. 413. and residents under the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. The Board 42 use 1441 shall develop a relocation program for existing businesses and resi-

note. dents within the site and submit such program to the government of

the District of Columbia for a determination as to its adequacy and feasibility. In providing such relocation assistance and developing

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such relocation program the Board ^hall utilize to the maximum extent (lie services and facilities of the appropriate Federal and local npencies.

ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 5. The Board is authorized to adopt an official seal which shall l>e judicially noticed and to make such bylaws, rules, and regulations us it deems necessary for the administration of its functions under this Act, including, among other matters, bylaws, rules, and regulations relating to the administration of its mist funds and the organization and procedure of the Board. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

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Ski'. ti. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Board such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act: I'loi'iderf. That no more than §200,000 shall be authorized for appropriation through fiscal year 1970 and no part of that appropriation shall l>e available for construction purposes.

RECORDS AND AUDIT

Skc. 7. The accounts of the Board shall be audited in accordance with the principles and procedures applicable to, and as part of, the audit of the other Federal and trust funds of the Smithsonian Institution.

Approved October 24, 1968.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

HOUSE RFP0RT No. 1942 acoomparylng H. R. 19068 (Cornm. on House

Adir.inist rat iin). SENATE RFPCRT No. 1599 (Comm. on Rules 4 Administration). TONGRFSSICMAL RECORD, Vcl. 114 (1963):

Oet. 3: Considered and passed Senate.

Oct. 7: Considered and passed House, amended, In lieu of

H. R. 1998S. Oct. 11J Senate agreed to House amendment.

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