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22 U.S.C. § 3620 — Defense of Panama Canal
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In the event of an armed attack against the Panama Canal, or when, in the opinion of the President, conditions exist which threaten the security of the Canal, the Administrator of the Commission shall, upon the order of the President, comply with such directives as the United States military officer charged with the protection and defense of the Panama Canal may consider necessary in the exercise of his duties.
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In the event of an armed attack against the Panama Canal, or when, in the opinion of the President, conditions exist which threaten the security of the Canal, the Administrator of the Commission shall, upon the order of the President, comply with such directives as the United States military officer charged with the protection and defense of the Panama Canal may consider necessary in the exercise of his duties.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3621
ronment referred to in section 3616 of this title
shall be allowed travel or transportation ex-
penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
in the same manner as persons employed inter-
mittently in Government service are allowed ex-
penses under section 5703 of title 5.
(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1107, Sept. 27, 1979, 93
Stat. 458.)
§ 3618. Defense of Panama Canal
In the event of an armed attack against the
Panama Canal, or when, in the opinion of the
President, conditions exist which threaten the
security of the Canal, the Administrator of the
Commission shall, upon the order of the Presi-
dent, comply with such directives as the United
States military officer charged with the protec-
tion and defense of the Panama Canal may con-
sider necessary in the exercise of his duties.
(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1108, Sept. 27, 1979, 93
Stat. 458.)
§ 3619. Joint sea level canal study
(a) Committee; appointment of representatives
The President shall appoint the representa-
tives of the United States to any joint com-
mittee or body with the Republic of Panama to
study the possibility of a sea level canal in the
Republic of Panama pursuant to Article XII of
the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
(b) Transmittal of study to President of Senate
and Speaker of House of Representatives
Upon the completion of any joint study be-
tween the United States and the Republic of
Panama concerning the feasibility of a sea level
canal in the Republic of Panama pursuant to
paragraph 1 of Article XII of the Panama Canal
Treaty of 1977, the text of the study shall be
transmitted by the President to the President of
the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
(c) Congressional authorizatio
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