[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1522 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1522


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 14 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To authorize expenditures for fiscal year 1994 for the operation and 
        maintenance of the Panama Canal, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Panama Canal Commission 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES.

    (a) In General.--The Panama Canal Commission is authorized to make 
such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to it in accordance with law and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as may be 
necessary under the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) 
for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal for 
fiscal year 1994.
    (b) Limitations.--Expenditures under subsection (a) for 
administrative expenses shall be limited to $51,742,000, of which not 
to exceed--
            (1) $11,000 may be expended for official reception and 
        representation expenses of the Panama Canal Commission Board of 
        Directors;
            (2) $5,000 may be expended for official reception and 
        representation expenses of the Panama Canal Commission 
        Secretary; and
            (3) $30,000 may be expended for official reception and 
        representation expenses of the Panama Canal Administrator.
    (c) Replacement Vehicles.--Available funds may be used, under the 
authority of subsection (a), for the purchase of not more than 35 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including large heavy-
duty vehicles used to transport Commission personnel across the Isthmus 
of Panama). The purchase price of each vehicle purchased under this 
subsection may not exceed $18,000, and each such vehicle purchased by 
the Commission must be built in the United States.

SEC. 3. EXPENDITURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.

    Expenditures authorized under this Act may be made only in 
accordance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law of the 
United States implementing those treaties.

SEC. 4. EMPLOYMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF THE PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION WHO ARE 
              NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES BY AGENCIES AND 
              ORGANIZATIONS AFFILIATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF PANAMA.

    (a) Consent of Congress.--Subject to subsection (b), the Congress 
consents to employees of the Panama Canal Commission who are not 
citizens of the United States accepting civil employment with agencies 
and organizations affiliated with the Government of Panama (and 
compensation for that employment) for which the consent of Congress is 
required by the last paragraph of section 9 of Article I of the 
Constitution, related to acceptance of emoluments, offices, or titles 
from a foreign government.
    (b) Condition.--Employees described in subsection (a) may accept 
employment described in that subsection (and compensation for that 
employment) only if the employment is approved by the designated agency 
ethics official of the Panama Canal Commission designated pursuant to 
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, and by the Administrator of the 
Panama Canal Commission.

SEC. 5. LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

    Section 1271(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3701(a)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``supervisors.'' and 
        inserting ``supervisors; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) any negotiated grievance procedures under section 
        7121 of such title 5, including any provisions relating to 
        binding arbitration, shall, with respect to any personnel 
        action to which subchapter II of chapter 75 of such title 
        applies (as determined under section 7512 of such title), be 
        available, in accordance with their terms, to the same extent 
        and in the same manner as if employees of the Panama Canal 
        Commission were not excluded from such subchapter under section 
        7511(b)(8) of such title.''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
shall take effect October 1, 1993.
    (b) Special Rule.--The amendments made by section 5 shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with 
respect to any grievance arising on or after such date.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 1993.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.