IIA
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 oper-
ation and maintenance of the Panama Canal, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Panama Canal Com-
mission 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 accord-
ance with law and to make such contracts and commit-
ments 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 recep-
tion and representation expenses of the Panama
Canal Commission Board of Directors;
(2) $5,000 may be expended for official recep-
tion and representation expenses of the Panama
Canal Commission Secretary; and
(3) $30,000 may be expended for official recep-
tion and representation expenses of the Panama
Canal Administrator.
(c) REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.—Available funds may
be used, under the authority of subsection (a), for the pur-
chase 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, and each
such vehicle purchased by the Commission must be built
in the United States.
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. EMPLOYMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF THE PANAMA
CANAL COMMISSION WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS
OF THE UNITED STATES BY AGENCIES AND
ORGANIZATIONS AFFILIATED WITH THE GOV-
ERNMENT OF PANAMA.
(a) CONSENT OF CONGRESS.—Subject to subsection
(b), the Congress consents to employees of the Panama
Canal Commission who are not citizens of the United
States accepting civil employment with agencies and orga-
nizations affiliated with the Government of Panama (and
compensation for that employment) for which the consent
of Congress is required by the last paragraph of section
9 of Article I of the Constitution, related to acceptance
of emoluments, offices, or titles from a foreign govern-
ment.
(b) CONDITION.—Employees described in subsection
(a) may accept employment described in that subsection
(and compensation for that employment) only if the em-
ployment is approved by the designated agency ethics offi-
cial of the Panama Canal Commission designated pursu-
ant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, and by the
Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission.
SEC. 5. 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 ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘supervisors.’’
and inserting ‘‘supervisors; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) any negotiated grievance procedures under
section 7121 of such title 5, including any provisions
relating to binding arbitration, shall, with respect to
any personnel action to which subchapter II of chap-
ter 75 of such title applies (as determined under sec-
tion 7512 of such title), be available, in accordance
with their terms, to the same extent and in the same
manner as if employees of the Panama Canal Com-
mission were not excluded from such subchapter
under section 7511(b)(8) of such title.’’.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), this Act shall take effect October 1, 1993.
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—The amendments made by sec-
tion 5 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act, and shall apply with respect to any grievance
arising on or after such date.
Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.