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22 U.S.C. § 3622 — Authority of Ambassador; independence of Commission regarding its Panama Canal responsibilities

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22 U.S.C. § 3622 — Authority of Ambassador; independence of Commission regarding its Panama Canal responsibilities

**(a) Authority of Ambassador** The United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama shall have full responsibility for the coordination of the transfer to the Republic of Panama of those functions that are to be assumed by the Republic of Panama pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements. **(b) Independence of Commission regarding its Panama Canal responsibilities** (1) The Commission shall not be subject to the direction or supervision of the United States Chief of Mission in the Republic of Panama with respect to the responsibilities of the Commission for the operation, management, or maintenance of the Panama Canal, as established in this chapter or any other Act or in the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, except that the Commission shall keep the Ambassador fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and operations of the Commission. (2) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection, [section 3927 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3927&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply with respect to the activities of the Commission. **(c) Agreements for United States to provide post-transfer administrative services for certain employee benefits** (1) The Secretary of State may enter into one or more agreements to provide for the United States to furnish administrative services relating to the benefits described in paragraph (2) after December 31, 1999, and to establish appropriate procedures for providing advance funding for the services. (2) The benefits referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: (A) Pension, disability, and medical benefits provided by the Panama Canal Commission pursuant to [section 3682 of this title](https://uscode.house

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22 U.S.C. § 3601 — Notification requirements

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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22 U.S.C. § 3927 — Chief of mission

**(a) Duties** Under the direction of the President, the chief of mission to a foreign country— (1) shall have full responsibility for the direction, coordination, and supervision of all Government executive branch employees in that country (except for Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and employees under the command of a United States area military commander); and (2) shall keep fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and operations of the Government within that country, and shall insure that all Government executive branch employees in that country (except for Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and employees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the chief of mission. **(b) Duties of agencies with employees in foreign countries** Any executive branch agency having employees in a foreign country shall keep the chief of mission to that country fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and operations of its employees in that country, and shall insure that all of its employees in that country (except for Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and employees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the chief of mission. **(c) Promotion of United States goods and services** Each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United States goods and services for export to such country. **(d) Promotion of United States economic interests** Each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United States economic and commercial interests in such country.

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22 U.S.C. § 3682 — Transition separation incentive payments

**(a)** In applying to the Commission and employees of the Commission the provisions of section 663 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in section 101(f) of division A of Public Law 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–383), relating to voluntary separation incentives for employees of certain Federal agencies (in this section referred to as “section 663”)— (1) the term “employee” shall mean an employee of the Commission who has served in the Republic of Panama in a position with the Commission for a continuous period of at least three years immediately before the employee’s separation under an appointment without time limitation and who is covered under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement System under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84, respectively, of title 5, other than— (A) an employee described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (a)(2) of section 663; or (B) an employee of the Commission who, during the 24-month period preceding the date of separation, has received a recruitment or relocation bonus under [section 3657(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3657/c&num=0&edition=prelim) or who, within the 12-month period preceding the date of separation, received a retention bonus under [section 3657(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3657/d&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) the strategic plan under subsection (b) of section 663 shall include (in lieu of the matter specified in subsection (b)(2) of that section)— (A) the positions to be affected, identified by occupational category and grade level; (B) the number and amounts of separation i

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22 U.S.C. § 3622 — Code of conduct for Commission per-

Page 1380 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 3622 1 See Change of Name note below. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Functions vested in President by this section dele- gated to Secretary of State who shall perform such functions in coordination with Secretary of Defense, see section 1–401 of Ex. Ord. No. 12215, May 27, 1980, 45 F.R. 36044, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title. § 3622. Code of conduct for Commission per- sonnel (a) Oath; compliance with laws of United States regarding duties and responsibilities of Fed- eral employees Before assuming the duties of his office or em- ployment, each member of the Board of the Commission and each officer and employee of the Commission shall take an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of his office or employ- ment. All employees of the Commission shall be subject to the laws of the United States regard- ing duties and responsibilities of Federal em- ployees. (b) Adoption of code of conduct; time limit; con- tents Not later than 60 days after all the members of the Board of the Commission have been ap- pointed, the Board shall adopt a code of conduct applicable to the persons referred to in sub- section (a) of this section. The code of conduct shall contain provisions substantially equiva- lent to those contained in part 735 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations on October 1, 1979. The code of conduct shall, at a minimum, contain provisions substantially equivalent to the following provisions of law: (1) the provisions of chapter 11 of title 18, re- lating to bribery, graft, or conflicts of inter- est, as appropriate to the employees con- cerned; (2) section 7352 of title 5; (3) sections 207, 208, 285, 508, 641, 645, 1001, 1917, and 2071 of title 18; (4

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