[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S.J. Res. 36 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 36

To provide replacement laboratory space for terrestrial research at the 
                Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2008

   Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Dodd) introduced the 
 following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the 
                 Committee on Rules and Administration

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
To provide replacement laboratory space for terrestrial research at the 
                Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TERRESTRIAL RESEARCH PROGRAM.

    The Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized 
to plan, design, and construct laboratory space to accommodate the 
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's terrestrial research program 
in Gamboa, Panama.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes described 
in section 1 $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, $3,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2009, and a total of $11,000,000 for all succeeding fiscal years.
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