Bill Would Authorize $14 Million Dollars For STRI Lab in Gamboa, Panama

newsnviews2.jpg(Panama-Guide) The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute hopes the US Congress will pass H.R. 608 - the "Smithsonian Institution Facilities Authorization Act of 2009" which would "authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to carry out certain construction projects, and for other purposes." The bill, introduced in January 2009 and still in committee as of April 2009, contains:

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