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(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO REFLECT DEFINITION OF HAZ-
ARD.—(1) Section 201 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950
(50 U.S.C. App. 2281) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘an attack or natural
disaster’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘a hazard’’;
(B) in subsection (d), by striking out ‘‘attacks and natural
disasters’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘hazards’’; and
(C) in subsection (g)—
(i) by striking out ‘‘an attack or natural disaster’’ the
first place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘a haz-
ard’’; and
(ii) by striking out ‘‘undergoing an attack or natural
disaster’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘experiencing a
hazard’’.
(2) Section 205(d)(1) of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2286(d)(1))
is amended by striking out ‘‘natural disasters’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘hazards’’.
(d) STATE USE OF FUNDS FOR PREPARATION AND RESPONSE.—
(1) Section 207 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C.
App. 2289) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 207. USE OF FUNDS TO PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO HAZ-
ARDS.
‘‘Funds made available to the States under this Act may be
used by the States for the purposes of preparing for, and providing
emergency assistance in response to hazards. Regulations pre-
scribed to carry out this section shall authorize the use of civil
defense personnel, materials, and facilities supported in whole or
in part through contributions under this Act for civil defense activi-
ties and measures related to hazards.’’.
(2) The item relating to section 207 in the table of contents
in the first section of such Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 207. Use of funds to prepare for and respond to hazards.’’.
(e) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.—(1) Title V of the Federal
Civil Defense Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2301-2303) is repealed.
(2) The table of contents in the first section of such Act is
amended by striking out the items related to title V.
(f) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The table
of contents in the first section of the Federal Civil Defense Act
of 1950 is amended—
(A) by inserting after the item relating to section 204
the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 205. Contributions for personnel and administrative expenses.’’; and
(B) by inserting after the item relating to section 412
the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 413. Applicability of Reorganization Plan Numbered 1.’’.
(2) Section 3 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2252), as amended
by subsection (b) of this section, is further amended—
(A) in each of subsections (b), (e), (f), and (g), as redesig-
nated by subsection (b)(1) of this section, by striking out the
semicolon at the end and inserting in lieu thereof a period;
and
(B) in subsection (h), as so redesignated, by striking out
‘‘; and’’ and inserting in lieu thereof a period.
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(3) Section 205 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2286) is amended
by striking out ‘‘SEC. 205.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
‘‘SEC. 205. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.’’.
(g) AMENDMENT
FOR STYLISTIC CONSISTENCY.—The Federal
Civil Defense Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2251 et seq.) is further
amended so that the section designation and section heading of
each section of such Act shall be in the same form and typeface
as the section designation and heading of section 2 of such Act,
as amended by subsection (a) of this section.
TITLE XXXV—PANAMA CANAL
COMMISSION
SEC. 3501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Panama Canal Commission
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994’’.
SEC. 3502. 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 may not exceed $51,742,000, of which not
more than—
(1) $11,000 may be expended for official reception and
representation expenses of the Supervisory Board of the
Commission;
(2) $5,000 may be expended for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses of the Secretary of the Commission; and
(3) $30,000 may be expended for official reception and
representation expenses of the Administrator of the Commis-
sion.
(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 (including large heavy-duty
vehicles used to transport Commission personnel across the Isthmus
of Panama). A vehicle may be purchased under the authority of
the preceding sentence only as necessary to replace a passenger
motor vehicle of the Commission that is disposed of by the Commis-
sion. The purchase price of each vehicle may not exceed $18,000.
SEC. 3503. 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. 3504. EMPLOYMENT 
OF 
COMMISSION 
EMPLOYEES 
BY 
THE
GOVERNMENT OF PANAMA.
(a) CONSENT OF CONGRESS.—Subject to subsection (b), the Con-
gress consents to employees of the Panama Canal Commission
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who are not citizens of the United States accepting civil employment
with agencies and organizations affiliated with the Government
of Panama (and compensation for that employment) for which the
consent of Congress is required by the 8th clause of section 9
of article I of the Constitution of the United States, relating to
acceptance of emolument, office, or title from a foreign State.
(b) CONDITION.—Employees described in subsection (a) may
accept employment described in such subsection (and compensation
for that employment) only if the employment is approved by the
designated agency ethics official of the Panama Canal Commission
designated pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978
(5 U.S.C. App.), and by the Administrator of the Panama Canal
Commission.
SEC. 3505. LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS.
Section 1271(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C.
3701(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking out ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘supervisors.’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘supervisors; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) any negotiated grievance procedures under section
7121 of title 5, United States Code, including any provisions
relating to binding arbitration, shall, with respect to any
personnel action to which subchapter II of chapter 75 of such
title applies (as determined under section 7512 of such title),
be available to the same extent and in the same manner as
if employees of the Panama Canal Commission were not
excluded from such subchapter under section 7511(b)(8) of such
title.’’.
SEC. 3506. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), this
title shall take effect as of October 1, 1993.
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Paragraph (3) of section 1271(a) of the
Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3701(a)), as added by section
3505(3), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
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Act and shall apply with respect to grievances arising on or after
such date.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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