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ID-83-29 1 (1983-03-21)

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                     COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                               WASHINGTON D.C. 20548

B-204078                                              MARCH 21. 1983


To the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives

     Subject: Certification of Revenues for Fiscal Year 1984
               Panama Canal Commission (GAO/ID-83-29)

     The Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3601-387.1 (Supp. IV
1980)), requires the Comptroller General of the United States to
certify the Secretary of Defense's1      estimate of the Panama
Canal Commission's annual revenues to be deposited in the Panama
Canal Commission Fund. This report responds to this requirement
for fiscal year 1984 estimated revenues and deposits.2

     Specifically, section 1302(c)(2) of the Act states that:

     No funds may be appropriated to or for the use of
     the Commission for any fiscal year in excess of (A)
     the amount of revenues deposited in the Panama Canal
     Commission Fund during such fiscal year, as such             co
     amount is estimated by the Secretary of Defense and
     certified by the Comptroller General of the United
     States at   the   time  the budget request    for  the
     Commission for such fiscal year is submitted        to
     Congress ***.

     The Act provides no criteria for us to use in certifying
the estimated revenues. Therefore, we proceeded by testing Com-
mission computations of fiscal year 1984 estimates and reviewing
the method employed to compile the estimates and forecasts.    We
previously employed t his same procedure to certify Commission-
estimated revenues.for fiscal years 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983.
We also compared actual and estimated revenues for fiscal years
1980, 1981, and 1982.

COMMISSION ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984

     The. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works),1 who is
also Chairman of the Commission Supervisory Board, estimates


1Duties assigned by the Act to the Secretary of Defense were
subsequently delegated to the Secretary of the Army and by him
to the Assistant Secretary of the Army.
2The Commission requires that tolls be paid or secured prior to
transit.     Thus, for the Commission the terms revenues and
deposits are practically synonymous.       These terms are used
interchangeably in this report.

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