Panama Canal Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1982

(Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marinee and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 97-64)

Panama Canal Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1982 - Authorizes appropriations from the Panama Canal Commission Fund for the use of the Panama Canal Commission for maintaining and operating the Panama Canal in fiscal year 1982. Authorizes appropriations to such Commission for capital projects and improvements of facilities. Establishes ceilings for specified operating expenses and capital projects. Authorizes inflation adjustment increases in appropriations for individual capital projects if the Commission's Board approves such increases and specified Congressional committees receive notification of and do not disapprove such increases within a specified time. Prohibits the total cost of: (1) all projects within specific categories from exceeding the amount authorized for such categories; and (2) all authorized capital projects from exceeding the amount appropriated for such projects.

Authorizes appropriations for payment to other Federal agencies for certain services provided by such agencies to Commission employees and their dependents. Authorizes supplemental appropriations to: (1) pay for certain increases in employee benefits; (2) cover certain payments to Panama under the the Panama Canal Treaty of 1979; and (3) pay for increased fuel expenses.

Prohibits expenditure of any of the appropriations authorized by this Act for Commission Board meetings unless such meetings comply with the Government in the Sunshine Act and unedited transcripts of such meetings are received by the appropriate Congressional committees.