[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1522 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  Union Calendar No. 86

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1522

                          [Report No. 103-154]

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                                 A BILL

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

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                             June 24, 1993

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed





                                                  Union Calendar No. 86
103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1522

                          [Report No. 103-154]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 1993

   Mr. Tauzin (for himself, Mr. Studds, Mr. Fields of Texas, and Mr. 
    Coble) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

                             June 24, 1993

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               30, 1993]

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                                 A BILL


 
 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 Treaty of 1977 and any law of the 
United States implementing that treaty.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect October 1, 1993.