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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