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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1522

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 14 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

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

AN ACT

To authorize expenditures for fiscal year 1994 for the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal, and for

other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Panama Canal Com5 mission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Panama Canal Commission

3 is authorized to make such expenditures within the limits

4 of funds and borrowing authority available to it in accord5 ance with law and to make such contracts and commit6 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as may

7 be necessary under the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22

8 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) for the operation, maintenance, and

9 improvement of the Panama Canal for fiscal year 1994.

10 (b) LIMITATIONS.—Expenditures under subsection

11 (a) for administrative expenses shall be limited to

12 $51,742,000, of which not to exceed—

13 (1) $11,000 may be expended for official recep14 tion and representation expenses of the Panama

15 Canal Commission Board of Directors;

16 (2) $5,000 may be expended for official recep17 tion and representation expenses of the Panama

18 Canal Commission Secretary; and

19 (3) $30,000 may be expended for official recep20 tion and representation expenses of the Panama

21 Canal Administrator.

22 (c) REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.—Available funds may

23 be used, under the authority of subsection (a), for the pur24 chase of not more than 35 passenger motor vehicles for

25 replacement only (including large heavy-duty vehicles used

26 to transport Commission personnel across the Isthmus of
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1 Panama). The purchase price of each vehicle purchased

2 under this subsection may not exceed $18,000, and each

3 such vehicle purchased by the Commission must be built

4 in the United States.

5 SEC. 3. EXPENDITURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH OTHER

6 LAWS.

7 Expenditures authorized under this Act may be made

8 only in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaties of

9 1977 and any law of the United States implementing

10 those treaties.

11 SEC. 4. EMPLOYMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF THE PANAMA

12 CANAL COMMISSION WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS

13 OF THE UNITED STATES BY AGENCIES AND

14 ORGANIZATIONS AFFILIATED WITH THE GOV15 ERNMENT OF PANAMA.

16 (a) CONSENT OF CONGRESS.—Subject to subsection

17 (b), the Congress consents to employees of the Panama

18 Canal Commission who are not citizens of the United

19 States accepting civil employment with agencies and orga20 nizations affiliated with the Government of Panama (and

21 compensation for that employment) for which the consent

22 of Congress is required by the last paragraph of section

23 9 of Article I of the Constitution, related to acceptance

24 of emoluments, offices, or titles from a foreign govern25 ment.
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1 (b) CONDITION.—Employees described in subsection

2 (a) may accept employment described in that subsection

3 (and compensation for that employment) only if the em4 ployment is approved by the designated agency ethics offi5 cial of the Panama Canal Commission designated pursu6 ant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, and by the

7 Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission.

8 SEC. 5. LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.

9 Section 1271(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979

10 (22 U.S.C. 3701(a)) is amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after

12 the semicolon;

13 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘supervisors.’’

14 and inserting ‘‘supervisors; and’’; and

15 (3) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(3) any negotiated grievance procedures under

17 section 7121 of such title 5, including any provisions

18 relating to binding arbitration, shall, with respect to

19 any personnel action to which subchapter II of chap20 ter 75 of such title applies (as determined under sec21 tion 7512 of such title), be available, in accordance

22 with their terms, to the same extent and in the same

23 manner as if employees of the Panama Canal Com24 mission were not excluded from such subchapter

25 under section 7511(b)(8) of such title.’’.
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1 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

3 (b), this Act shall take effect October 1, 1993.

4 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—The amendments made by sec5 tion 5 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of

6 this Act, and shall apply with respect to any grievance

7 arising on or after such date.

Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.