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22 U.S.C. § 3612a — Establishment, purposes, offices, and residence of Commission
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**(a)** For the purposes of managing, operating, and maintaining the Panama Canal and its complementary works, installations and equipment, and of conducting operations incident thereto, in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, the Panama Canal Commission (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Commission”) is established as a wholly owned government corporation (as that term is used in chapter 91 of title 31) within the executive branch of the Government of the United States. The authority of the President with respect to the Commission shall be exercised through the Secretary of Defense.
**(b)** The principal office of the Commission shall be located in the Republic of Panama in one of the areas made available for use of the United States under the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, but the Commission may establish branch offices in such other places as it considers necessary or appropriate for the conduct of its business. Within the meaning of the laws of the United States relating to venue in civil actions, the Commission is an inhabitant and resident of the District of Columbia and the eastern judicial district of Louisiana.
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**(a)** For the purposes of managing, operating, and maintaining the Panama Canal and its complementary works, installations and equipment, and of conducting operations incident thereto, in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, the Panama Canal Commission (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Commission”) is established as a wholly owned government corporation (as that term is used in chapter 91 of title 31) within the executive branch of the Government of the United States. The authority of the President with respect to the Commission shall be exercised through the Secretary of Defense.
**(b)** The principal office of the Commission shall be located in the Republic of Panama in one of the areas made available for use of the United States under the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, but the Commission may establish branch offices in such other places as it considers necessary or appropriate for the conduct of its business. Within the meaning of the laws of the United States relating to venue in civil actions, the Commission is an inhabitant and resident of the District of Columbia and the eastern judicial district of Louisiana.
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**(a) References to Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements** For purposes of this chapter—
(1) references to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 refer to the Panama Canal Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama, signed September 7, 1977; and
(2) references to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements refer to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, the agreements relating to and implementing that Treaty, signed September 7, 1977, and the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama Concerning Air Traffic Control and Related Services, concluded January 8, 1979.
**(b) Definitions** Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, for purposes of applying laws of the United States and regulations issued pursuant to such laws with respect to transactions, occurrences, or status on or after October 1, 1979—
(1) “Canal Zone” shall be deemed to refer to the areas and installations in the Republic of Panama made available to the United States pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements;
(2) “Canal Zone waters” and “waters of the Canal Zone” shall be deemed to refer to “Panama Canal waters” and “waters of the Panama Canal”, respectively;
(3) “Government of the Canal Zone” or “Canal Zone Government” shall be deemed to refer to the United States of America;
(4) “Governor of the Canal Zone” or “Governor”, wherever the reference is to the Governor of the Canal Zone, shall be deemed to refer to the Panama Canal Commission; and
(5) “Panama Canal Company” or “Company”, wherever the reference is to the Panama Canal Company, shall be deemed to refer to the Panama Canal Commission.
**(c) Applicability of subsection (b)** Any reference set forth in subsection (b) of this se
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The Panama Canal Commission shall provide written advance notification to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate regarding—
(1) any proposed change in the rates of tolls for use of the Panama Canal;
(2) any payment estimated to be due the Republic of Panama under paragraph 4(c) of Article XIII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, as provided by [section 3751 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3751&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(3) the initiation of any major capital acquisition or construction project exceeding $10,000,000 unless the proposed acquisition or project was included in the budget estimates submitted to Congress for the fiscal year in which the acquisition or project is to be undertaken.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3612a
1 See References in Text note below.
section, may act by proxy for any other member
of the Board if that other member authorizes
the proxy in writing and signs the proxy. The
proxy may be counted to establish a quorum and
may be used by the Secretary of Defense, or the
officer of the Department of Defense designated
by the Secretary under subsection (a) of this
section, to cast the vote of the absent Board
member and to act for that member with all the
powers that member would possess if present.
(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1102, Sept. 27, 1979, 93
Stat. 456; Pub. L. 98–217, Feb. 14, 1984, 98 Stat. 9;
Pub. L. 99–223, § 6, Dec. 28, 1985, 99 Stat. 1740;
Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5416, Dec. 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 1330–270; Pub. L. 100–705, § 7, Nov. 19, 1988,
102 Stat. 4686; Pub. L. 101–510, div. C, title XXXV,
§ 3504, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1846; Pub. L. 104–106,
div. C, title XXXV, § 3523, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat.
638; Pub. L. 105–261, div. C, title XXXV, § 3511(a),
Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2270.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–261 substituted ‘‘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 des-
ignated 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.’’ for ‘‘The
Commission shall be supervised by a Board composed of
nine members, one of whom shall be the Secretary of
Defense or an officer of the Department of Defense des-
ignated by the Secretary.’’ and ‘‘the officer of the De-
partment of Defense de
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