H.R. 2612 — To provide temporary authority to certain employees of the Panama Canal Commission to purchase food and other goods at any commissary or exchange store located in Panama which is operated by any military department of the United States. | PoliFocus

H.R. 2612101th Congress

To provide temporary authority to certain employees of the Panama Canal Commission to purchase food and other goods at any commissary or exchange store located in Panama which is operated by any military department of the United States.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security

Summary

Authorizes employees of the Panama Canal Commission who are U.S. citizens to purchase food and other goods at any commissary or exchange store in Panama which is operated by any military department of the United States.

Directs the President, if he finds that the Panamanian Defense Forces have ceased the harassment of persons in the public areas of Panama and that food and goods are safely available to such employees so that operation of the Panama Canal is not jeopardized, to certify such finding to the Congress.

Authorizes the President to terminate such commissary and exchange privileges by the later of: (1) 90 days after such certification; or (2) the date on which the national emergency declared April 8, 1988, is terminated.

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Related Legislation

H.R. 2576To provide temporary authority to certain employees of the Panama Canal Commission to purchase food and other goods at any commissary or exchange store located in Panama which is operated by any military department of the United States.
1989-11-17See H.R.2612.
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Legislative Actions

1989-06-19
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
1989-06-20
Referred to the Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer Continental Shelf.
1989-06-20
Executive Comment Requested from Panama Canal Commission and DOD.
1989-06-21
Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer Continental Shelf Discharged.
1989-06-21
Ordered to be Reported.
1989-06-21
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
1989-09-29
Favorable Excutive Comment Received from State.
1989-10-12
Favorable Excutive Comment Received from DOD.
1989-10-12
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
1989-10-26
Reported by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 101-311, Part I.
1989-10-26
Reported by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 101-311, Part I.
1989-11-17
Mr. Dyson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
1989-11-17

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