[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4246 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4246


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 14 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

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

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To authorize expenditures for fiscal year 1995 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, Fiscal Year 1995''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES.

    (a) Operation, Maintenance, and Improvement.--Except as specified 
in subsection (b), 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, and to be 
derived from the Panama Canal Revolving Fund, 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 1995.
    (b) Administrative Expenses.--For fiscal year 1995, the Panama 
Canal Commission is authorized to make expenditures from the Panama 
Canal Revolving Fund for administrative expenses, not to exceed 
$50,030,000, including--
            (1) not to exceed $11,000 for official reception and 
        representation expenses of the Board of the Commission;
            (2) not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and 
        representation expenses of the Secretary of the Commission; and
            (3) not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and 
        representation expenses of the Administrator of the Commission.
    (c) Motor Vehicles.--Funds available to the Panama Canal Commission 
shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 43 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 which shall not exceed $19,500 per vehicle. These 
vehicles must be manufactured in the United States.

SEC. 3. SCHOOL REIMBURSEMENT.

    Section 1321(e)(2) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 
3731(e)(2)) is amended by inserting after ``schools in the Republic of 
Panama'' the following: ``or in the United States''.

SEC. 4. IMMIGRATION.

    Section 101(a)(27)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(F)) is amended in clause (ii) by inserting after 
``subsequently'' the following: ``continues to be so employed or''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 13, 1994.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.