[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1522 Introduced in House (IH)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1522 To authorize expenditures for fiscal year 1994 for the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. SEC. 3. EXPENDITURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Expenditures authorized under this Act may be made only in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law of the United States implementing those treaties. SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act shall take effect October 1, 1993. <all>