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H.R. 1784 99th Congress House

Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1986

Official title: A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1986 for the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 28, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 33 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 28, 1985
Became Public Law No: 99-223.
Dec 28, 1985
Signed by President.
Dec 19, 1985
Presented to President.
Dec 19, 1985
Measure Signed in Senate.
Dec 17, 1985
House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 17, 1985
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Agreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 12, 1985
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Dec 12, 1985
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Dec 3, 1985
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 446.
Dec 3, 1985
Committee on Armed Services. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond for Senator Goldwater with an amendment. With written report No. 99-207.
Nov 5, 1985
Committee on Armed Services. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Sep 19, 1985
Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-419.
May 15, 1985
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 14, 1985
Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 14, 1985
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 14, 1985
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
May 14, 1985
Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Considered as an Original Bill for the Purpose of Amendment.
May 14, 1985
Called up by House by Rule.
May 14, 1985
Rule Passed House.
May 7, 1985
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.158 Reported to House.
May 7, 1985
Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing One Hour of General Debate; Making In Order a Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute; Waiving All Points of Order Against the Substitute.
May 6, 1985
Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing One Hour of General Debate; Making In Order a Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute; Waiving All Points of Order Against the Substitute.
Apr 29, 1985
Placed on Union Calendar No: 36.
Apr 29, 1985
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Report No: 99-59.
Apr 16, 1985
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Apr 16, 1985
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 3, 1985
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Apr 3, 1985
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 2, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Panama Canal and Outer Continental Shelf.
Apr 2, 1985
Executive Comment Requested from State, DOD, Treasury, Panama Canal Comm.
Mar 28, 1985
Consideration and Mark-Up Session Held by Subcommittee on Panama Canal and Outer Continental Shelf Prior to Introduction (Mar 7, 85).
Mar 28, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Mar 28, 1985
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 28, 1985

Became Public Law No: 99-223.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
(Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 99-59)

Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1986 - Authorizes funds to be appropriated from the Panama Canal Commission Fund to the Panama Canal Commission for FY 1986 for operating expenses, including a specified maximum amount for capital outlay. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1986 for increases in employee benefits, for payments to Panama, and for increased fuel costs.

Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to provide round trip travel for educational purposes twice a year for dependents of certain Panama Canal Commission employees.

Authorizes the Commission to pay the vacation leave travel expenses and transportation expenses for certain Commission employees and their families. Authorizes the Commission to prescribe required periods of service with respect to such benefits.

Requires funds to be available to defray the cost of: (1) health care services to elderly or disabled persons who were eligible to receive such services before October 1, 1979; and (2) educational services provided by schools in Panama to employees of the Commission who are U.S. citizens and persons who were receiving such services at the expense of the Canal Zone Government before October 1, 1979.

Provides for compensating members of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission who are not U.S. Government or Panamanian government employees.

Requires the President to notify the Congress before transferring certain property pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977. (Current law requires the Congress to be notified at least 180 days before the transfer of such property.)

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