by Molly Hooper, CQ Staff
Barro Colorado is the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's primary site for the study of lowland moist tropical forests.
The House is ready to act as early as Tuesday on a bill that would allow the Smithsonian Institution to build laboratory space for environmental research centers in Maryland and Panama.
The bill would authorize the Smithsonian Board of Regents to create a new facility at the Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md., and to build a new lab for expanded study in Gamboa, Panama, for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Up to $41 million over three years would be authorized for the Maryland facility and up to $14 million would be authorized for the building in Panama.
Bush administration officials have not issued a position on the bill.
The measure will be considered under suspension of the rules, which limits debate, bars amendments and requires a two-thirds vote for passage.
The House is ready to act as early as Tuesday on a bill that would allow the Smithsonian Institution to build laboratory space for environmental research centers in Maryland and Panama.
The bill would authorize the Smithsonian Board of Regents to create a new facility at the Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md., and to build a new lab for expanded study in Gamboa, Panama, for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Up to $41 million over three years would be authorized for the Maryland facility and up to $14 million would be authorized for the building in Panama.
Bush administration officials have not issued a position on the bill.
The measure will be considered under suspension of the rules, which limits debate, bars amendments and requires a two-thirds vote for passage.
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