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22 U.S.C. § 3617 — Consultative Committee
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**(a) Designation and coordination** The President shall designate, and the Secretary of State shall coordinate the participation of, representatives of the United States to the Consultative Committee to be established under paragraph 7 of Article III of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
**(b) Functions** The Consultative Committee shall function as a diplomatic forum for the exchange of views between the United States and the Republic of Panama. The Committee shall advise the United States Government and the Government of the Republic of Panama on matters of policy affecting the operation of the Panama Canal. The Committee shall have no authority to direct the Commission or any other department or agency of the United States to initiate or withhold action.
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**(a) Designation and coordination** The President shall designate, and the Secretary of State shall coordinate the participation of, representatives of the United States to the Consultative Committee to be established under paragraph 7 of Article III of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
**(b) Functions** The Consultative Committee shall function as a diplomatic forum for the exchange of views between the United States and the Republic of Panama. The Committee shall advise the United States Government and the Government of the Republic of Panama on matters of policy affecting the operation of the Panama Canal. The Committee shall have no authority to direct the Commission or any other department or agency of the United States to initiate or withhold action.
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**(a) Composition of Board** The Commission shall be supervised by a Board composed of nine members, one of whom shall be an officer of the Department of Defense. The officer of the Department of Defense who shall serve on the Board shall be designated by the Secretary of Defense and may continue to serve on the Board only while continuing to serve as an officer of the Department of Defense. Not less than five members of the Board shall be nationals of the United States and the remaining members of the Board shall be nationals of the Republic of Panama. Three members of the Board who are nationals of the United States shall hold no other office in, and shall not be employed by, the Government of the United States, and shall be chosen for the independent perspective they can bring to the Commission’s affairs. Members of the Board who are nationals of the United States shall cast their votes as directed by the the 11 So in original. officer of the Department of Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense to be a member of the Board.
**(b) Membership of Board; appointing authority; compensation and travel expenses; compensation for non-Government Board members** The President shall appoint the members of the Board. The members of the Board who are United States nationals shall be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each member of the Board shall hold office at the pleasure of the President and, before assuming the duties of such office, shall take an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of his office. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed travel or transportation expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with [section 3617 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=gran
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**(a) Establishment; composition** The United States and the Republic of Panama, in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, shall establish a Joint Commission on the Environment (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Joint Commission”) to be composed of not more than three representatives of the United States and three representatives of the Republic of Panama, or such other equivalent numbers of representatives as may be agreed upon by the Governments of the two countries. The United States members of the Joint Commission shall periodically review the implementation of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 with respect to its impact on the environment and shall, jointly with the representatives of the Government of Panama, make recommendations to the United States Government and the Government of the Republic of Panama with respect to ways to avoid or mitigate adverse environmental impacts resulting from actions taken pursuant to such Treaty.
**(b) Appointment; compensation and travel expenses** Representatives of the United States on the Joint Commission shall be appointed by the President and shall serve at the pleasure of the President. Such representatives shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed travel or transportation expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with [section 3617 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3617&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Protection of pay, seniority, or other rights or benefits of appointed or detailed Federal employees** Any Federal employee subject to the civil service laws and regulations who is detailed to serve with, or appointed by, the United States representatives on the Joint Commission shall not lose any pay, seniority,
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3615
amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read
as follows:
‘‘(a) There shall be a Deputy Administrator and a
Chief Engineer of the Commission, both of whom shall
be appointed by the President. The Deputy Adminis-
trator and the Chief Engineer shall perform such duties
as may be prescribed by the President.
‘‘(b) The Deputy Administrator and the Chief Engi-
neer shall each be paid compensation at a rate of pay
established by the President which does not exceed the
rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS–18 of the Gen-
eral Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, and, if eligi-
ble, shall each be paid the overseas recruitment or re-
tention differential provided for in section 3657 of this
title.’’
1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–510 inserted before pe-
riod at end ‘‘, and, if eligible, shall each be paid the
overseas recruitment or retention differential provided
for in section 3657 of this title’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SAVINGS PROVISION
Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXV, § 3524(b), Sept. 23,
1996, 110 Stat. 2861, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this sec-
tion [amending this section] shall be considered to af-
fect—
‘‘(1) the tenure of the individual serving as Deputy
Administrator of the Commission on the day before
subsection (a) takes effect [section 3524(a) of Pub. L.
104–201, effective Sept. 23, 1996]; or
‘‘(2) until modified under section 1104(b) of the Pan-
ama Canal Act of 1979 [subsec. (b) of this section], as
amended by subsection (a), the compensation of the
individual so serving.’’
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
Authority of President under this section to fix the
compensation of and to define authorities and duties of
Deputy Administrator
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