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22 U.S.C. § 3714a — Panama Canal emergency authority
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If authorizing legislation described in [section 3712(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3712/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim) has not been enacted for a fiscal year, then the Commission may withdraw funds from the Panama Canal Revolving Fund in order to defray emergency expenses and to ensure the continuous, efficient, and safe operation of the Panama Canal, including expenses for capital projects. The authority of this section may be exercised only until authorizing legislation described in [section 3712(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3712/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim) is enacted, or for a period of 24 months after the end of the fiscal year for which such authorizing legislation was last enacted, whichever occurs first. Within 60 days after the end of any calendar quarter in which expenditures are made under this section, the Commission shall report such expenditures to the appropriate committees of the Congress.
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If authorizing legislation described in [section 3712(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3712/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim) has not been enacted for a fiscal year, then the Commission may withdraw funds from the Panama Canal Revolving Fund in order to defray emergency expenses and to ensure the continuous, efficient, and safe operation of the Panama Canal, including expenses for capital projects. The authority of this section may be exercised only until authorizing legislation described in [section 3712(b)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3712/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim) is enacted, or for a period of 24 months after the end of the fiscal year for which such authorizing legislation was last enacted, whichever occurs first. Within 60 days after the end of any calendar quarter in which expenditures are made under this section, the Commission shall report such expenditures to the appropriate committees of the Congress.
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**(a) Applicability of chapter 71 of title 5** Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the applicability of chapter 71 of title 5, relating to labor-management and employee relations, with respect to the Commission or the operations of any other Executive agency conducted in that area of the Republic of Panama which, on September 30, 1979, was the Canal Zone, except that in applying those provisions—
(1) the definition of “employee” shall be applied without regard to clause (i) of section 7103(a)(2) of such title 5 which relates to nationality and citizenship;
(2) a unit shall be considered to be appropriate notwithstanding the fact that it includes any supervisor if that supervisor’s position (or type of position) was, before October 1, 1979, represented before the Panama Canal Company by a labor organization that included employees who were not supervisors; and
(3) any negotiated grievance procedures under [section 7121 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7121&num=0&edition=prelim), including any provisions relating to binding arbitration, shall, with respect to any personnel action to which subchapter II of chapter 75 of such title applies (as determined under section 7512 of such title), be available to the same extent and in the same manner as if employees of the Panama Canal Commission were not excluded from such subchapter under section 7511(b)(8) of such title.
**(b) United States laws applicable** Labor-management and employee relations of the Commission, other Executive agencies, and the Smithsonian Institution, their employees, and organizations of those employees, in connection with operations conducted in that area of the Republic of Panama which, on September 30, 1979, was the Canal Zone,
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It is the purpose of this chapter to provide legislation necessary or desirable for the implementation of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama and of the related agreements accompanying that Treaty.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund to be known as “Panama Canal Revolving Fund”. The Panama Canal Revolving Fund shall, subject to subsection (b), be available to the Commission to carry out the purposes, functions, and powers authorized by this chapter, including for the following purposes:
(1) The hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft.
(2) Uniforms or allowances therefor.
(3) Official receptions and representation expenses of the Board, the Secretary of the Commission, and the Administrator.
(4) The operation of guide services.
(5) A residence for the Administrator.
(6) Disbursements by the Administrator for employee and community projects.
(7) The procurement of expert and consultant services.
(8) Promotional activities, including the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, film, or other media presentation designed to promote the Panama Canal as a resource of the world shipping industry.
(9) The purchase and transportation to the Republic of Panama of passenger motor vehicles, including large, heavy-duty vehicles.
(10) Payment to the Panama Canal Authority, not later than the Canal Transfer Date, of such amount as is computed by the Commission to be the future amount of severance pay to be paid by the Panama Canal Authority to employees whose employment with the Authority is terminated, to the extent that such severance pay is attributable to periods of service performed with the Commission before the Canal Transfer Date (and assuming for purposes of such computation that the Panama Canal Authority, in paying severance pay to terminated employees, will provide for crediting of periods of service with the Commission).
**(b) Tolls a
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**(a) Study and report**
(1) The Commission shall conduct a study of—
(A) the costs associated with the dissolution of the Commission, including the composition, location, and costs of the office authorized to be established under subsection (b); and
(B) costs and liabilities incurred or administered by the Commission that will not be paid before the date of that dissolution.
(2) The Commission shall submit to the Congress, by not later than September 30, 1996, a report on the findings and conclusions of the study under this subsection. The report shall include an estimate of the period of time which may be required to close out the affairs of the Commission after the termination of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
**(b) Termination office** The Commission shall during fiscal year 1998 establish an office to close out the affairs of the Commission that are still pending after the termination of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
**(c) Panama Canal Commission Dissolution Fund**
(1) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the “Panama Canal Commission Dissolution Fund” (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Fund”). The Fund shall be managed by the Commission until the termination of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and by the office established under subsection (b) thereafter.
(2)
(A) Subject to paragraph (5), the Fund shall be available after September 30, 1998, to pay—
(i) the costs of operating the office established under subsection (b); and
(ii) the costs and liabilities associated with dissolution of the Commission, including such costs incurred or identified after the termination of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
(B) Payments from the Fund made during the period beginning on October 1, 1998
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The following are not subject to arrest or seizure by judicial process in the United States:
(1) A vessel owned by, possessed by, or operated by or for the United States or a federally-owned corporation.
(2) Cargo owned or possessed by the United States or a federally-owned corporation.
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**(a) Definitions.—** Notwithstanding [section 401 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section401&num=0&edition=prelim), in this section:
(1) **Designated federal entity.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The term “designated Federal entity” means Amtrak, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Denali Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Farm Credit Administration, the Federal Election Commission, the Election Assistance Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Credit Union Administration, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Labor Relations Board, the National Science Foundation, the Peace Corps, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Smithsonian Institution, the United States International Development Finance Corporation, the United States International Trade Commission, the Postal Regulatory Commission, and the United States Postal Service.
(B) *Amtrak.—* — Effective at the beginning of the first fiscal year after a fiscal year for which Amtrak receives no Federal subsidy, subparagraph (A) is amended by striking “Amtrak,”.
(2) **Federal entity.—** — The term “Fe
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3714
after the end of the fiscal year for which such
authorizing legislation was last enacted, which-
ever occurs first. Within 60 days after the end of
any calendar quarter in which expenditures are
made under this section, the Commission shall
report such expenditures to the appropriate
committees of the Congress.
(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1303, Sept. 27, 1979, 93
Stat. 478; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5423(a), (b)(1),
Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–273; Pub. L. 104–106,
div. C, title XXXV, § 3529(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110
Stat. 642; Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXV,
§ 3548(b)(2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2869.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1996—Pub. L. 104–201 substituted ‘‘section 3712(b)(1)’’
for ‘‘section 3712(c)(1)’’ in two places.
Pub. L. 104–106 struck out ‘‘The authority of this sec-
tion may not be used for administrative expenses.’’
after ‘‘capital projects.’’
1987—Pub. L. 100–203 substituted ‘‘authority’’ for
‘‘Fund’’ in section catchline and amended text gen-
erally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
‘‘(a) On October 1, 1979, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall establish and thereafter shall maintain in the
Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘Panama Canal
Emergency Fund’. There are authorized to be appro-
priated for deposit in such Fund (1) for the fiscal year
beginning on October 1, 1979, $40,000,000, and (2) for any
fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1980, such
additional sums as may be specifically authorized by
law for such fiscal year.
‘‘(b) The Commission may make withdrawals from
the Panama Canal Emergency Fund by check in order
to defray emergency expenses and to insure the contin-
uous, efficient, and safe operation of the Panama
Canal, if funds a
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