,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,johnson of ,south ,dakota    
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,nehls1 ,mr4         
,collins1 ,mr4 ,loudermilk1 ,mr4 ,moore 
of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,bergman1 ,mr4 ,rulli1
 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,dunn of ,florida1
 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,clyde1    
,mr4 ,lawler1 ,mrs4 ,houchin1 ,mr4 ,bean
 of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,hamadeh of ,arizona1
 ,mr4 ,babin1 and ,ms4 ,tenney7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the  
,president to enter into negotiations   
for the reacquisition of the ,panama    
,canal from the ,republic of ,panama4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,panama ,canal ,repurchase ,act 
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,authorization to        
negotiate  7a7 ,authorization ,the      
,president1 acting in coordination with 
the ,secretary of ,state1 is authorized 
to initiate and conduct negotiations    

with appropriate counterparts of the    
,government of the ,republic of ,panama 
to reacquire the ,panama ,canal4  7b7   
,report ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,president shall submit a report to     
,congress detailing the progress of the 
negotiations authorized by subsection   
7a71 potential challenges1 and          
anticipated outcomes4