[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4246 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 293

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4246

                          [Report No. 103-526]

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                                 A BILL

 To authorize expenditures for fiscal year 1995 for the operation and 
        maintenance of the Panama Canal, and for other purposes.

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                              May 24, 1994

  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. 293
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4246

                          [Report No. 103-526]

 To authorize expenditures for fiscal year 1995 for the operation and 
        maintenance of the Panama Canal, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 1994

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

                              May 24, 1994

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
                  [Insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 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 Defense; 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 of America.

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''.