[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1349 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1349

 To authorize expenditures for fiscal year 1996 for the operation and 
        maintenance of the Panama Canal, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 1995

 Mr. Spence (for himself, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Bateman, and Mr. Taylor of 
Mississippi) (all by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize expenditures for fiscal year 1996 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 1996''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES.

    (a) 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 Commission 
Revolving Fund, as may be necessary under the Panama Canal Act of 1979 
(22 U.S.C. 3601), for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of 
the Panama Canal for fiscal year 1996.
    (b) For fiscal year 1996, the Panama Canal Commission is authorized 
to make expenditures from the Panama Canal Commission Revolving Fund 
for administrative expenses, not to exceed $50,741,000 (including not 
to exceed $11,000 for official reception and representation expenses of 
the Board; not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed $30,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses of the Administrator).
    (c) Funds available to the Panama Canal Commission shall be 
available for the purchase of not to exceed 38 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.

SEC. 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

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