Panama Canal Commission, Fiscal Year 1993 Budget Request: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session ... March 12, 1992 |
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$10 million 9.9 percent administration aerostats Answer anticipate approximately ARY OF CONGRESS assets Ballast Per displacement Board of Directors budget request Canal agency Canal operating Canal traffic capital advance capital program Chairman Coast Guard COBLE Commission housing areas Commission's Committee CONG CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Cristobal Declaration of Principles employees ensure estimated FISCAL YEAR 1993 forecast funds Gaillard Cut Gaillard Cut-Widening Gatun going Government of Panama impact increase in toll interest JACK FIELDS Laden Ballast levels LIBR LIBRA LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Limon Bay Locks maintenance Merchant Marine National Port Authority ONGRE operating costs Panama Canal Commission Panamanian Public Forces PICKETT Producer Price Index RARY Replace Republic of Panama requires the Commission RESS CONGRESS SAFE AND EFFICIENT Secretary Stone SUBCOMMITTEE TAUZIN Thank toll increase toll rate toll revenues toll-rate increase traffic growth transit service Treaty tugboat U.S. citizens vessels waterway widen the Gaillard
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Page 23 - I WANT TO AFFIRM THAT THE PROGRAMS FOR THAT YEAR ARE ESSENTIAL AND ARE IN ACCORD WITH THOSE OF THE PRESIDENT. RECOGNITION OF CANAL EMPLOYEES AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE LOYALTY AND COMMITMENT OF ALL PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION EMPLOYEES. THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN ONE OF CHALLENGES FOR ALL OF US INVOLVED WITH THE PANAMA CANAL ENTERPRISE.
Page 57 - Act, tolls shall not be prescribed at rates calculated to cover payments to the Republic of Panama pursuant to paragraph 4(c) of Article XIII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
Page 69 - Rules of Measurement of Vessels for the Panama Canal;~ (b) on such vessels in ballast, without passengers or cargo, $I.
Page 21 - AT THE OUTSET, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THIS SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE VALUABLE ASSISTANCE IT HAS PROVIDED OVER THE YEARS TO THE PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION.
Page 22 - ... STILL MEETING THE MISSION OF PROVIDING SAFE AND EFFICIENT SERVICE TO THE WORLD SHIPPING COMMUNITY. THE PAST YEAR PROVED NO DIFFERENT. THE COMMISSION FOUND ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A WAR AND FACING SIGNIFICANT PERSONNEL AND BUDGETARY PROBLEMS AS A DIRECT RESULT OF ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE NORIEGA REGIME. I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT, AS IN THE PAST, COMMISSION MANAGEMENT AND ITS EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE THESE PROBLEMS WITHOUT ANY ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE TRANSIT SERVICE. WHEN...
Page 26 - INTRODUCTION MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE. I AM GILBERTO GUARDIA, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION. I AM PLEASED TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT THE BUDGET PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1993 FOR THE PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE PANAMA CANAL.
Page 21 - ... PRESIDENT, ALSO AS REQUIRED BY THE TREATY, APPOINTED A US CITIZEN, MR. RAYMOND P. LAVERTY, AS DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE AGENCY. MR. LAVERTY, WHO IS A CAREER EMPLOYEE OF THE CANAL WITH OVER 32 YEARS OF SERVICE, IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED TO ASSIST MR. GUARDIA IN MANAGING THE AFFAIRS OF THE PANAMA CANAL. OPERATING ENVIRONMENT THE CANAL ORGANIZATION HAS A LONG HISTORY OF OVERCOMING CHALLENGES WHILE STILL MEETING THE MISSION OF PROVIDING SAFE AND EFFICIENT SERVICE TO THE WORLD SHIPPING COMMUNITY. THE...
Page 46 - ... gardens. w. Generation of electric power, x. Purification and supply of water, y. Marine salvage in Canal waters. z. Such other functions as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out, in conformity with this Treaty and related agreements, the rights and responsibilities of the United States of America with respect to the management, operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal. 4. The following activities and operations carried out by the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government...
Page 63 - ... Canal Commission, specific authorization and appropriation language for these purposes have always been included in our budget requests. Question. Why is there no limitation on the price of passenger motor vehicles? Answer. These vehicles include large heavy-duty sedans required for trans -Isthmian transportation of the pilot force and a limited number of other Commission personnel. Because of these unusual requirements, the price of these automobiles, including the ocean freight to Panama, usually...
Page 63 - Administration thus the price of these vehicles is not determined by the Panama Canal Commission. Currently, the actual price of these vehicles, including ocean freight to Panama and set-up costs, is very near the $16,500 limitation imposed by the Appropriations committee. Although the Commission has not experienced any difficulties to date in procuring these vehicles, past experience indicates that the cost for this type of vehicle increases about $1,500 per year, therefore, an $18,000 limitation...