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[[underline]] Legislative Proposals [[/underline]]

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Barro Colorado Island) [[/underline]]

The Act of July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 724), which set aside Barro Colorado Island in the Canal Zone in order to preserve and conserve its natural features for research purposes, authorized the appropriation of $10,000 for necessary administrative and maintenance expenses related to the island.  Subsequently, P.L. 89-280, approved October 20, 1965, amended the authorization to $350,000.

Although current obligations are within the statutory limit, increasing costs and needed improvements suggest that the limit will be reached in the near future.

To meet the requirement of the Congressional Budget Reform Act of 1974 of obtaining authorization a year ahead of appropriations, to provide flexibility in appropriations requests, and to avoid the necessity of repeated amendments the proposed legislation seeks to eliminate altogether the ceiling on appropriations authorized.

The following motion was adopted:

VOTED that the Congressional Members of the Board of Regents are requested to introduce and support legislation which would eliminate the ceiling on appropriations authorized for Barro Colorado Island at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.