PROGRAM AND PERFORMANCE A supplemental appropriation in the amount of $1 million is required for 1957 to provide for subsurface exploration, preparation of plans and specifications, and other activities preliminary to the construction of a high-level bridge across the Panama Canal at Balboa, C. Z. Relation of costs to obligations.-The_relationship is derived from year-end balances of selected resources as reflected in the following table: A supplemental appropriation in the amount of $1 million is required for 1957 to provide for subsurface exploration, preparation of plans and specifications, and other activities preliminary to the construction of a high-level bridge across the Panama Canal at Balboa, C. Z., as authorized and directed by the act of July 23, 1956 (ch. 665, 70 Stat. 596). Early initiation of construction will permit the Panama Canal Company to promptly fulfill the United States commitment to the Republic of Panama under the terms of point 4 of the General Relations Agreement between the United States and Panama of May 18, 1942 (Executive Agreement Series 452), and of item 5 of the Memorandum of Understandings Reached, signed January 25, 1955 (Treaties, etc., Series 3297). Mr. YATES. Mr. Rooney? Mr. ROONEY. No questions. |