22 U.S.C. § 3615 — Consultative Committee

Page 1378 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 delegated to Secretary of De- fense, see section 1–302 of Ex. Ord. No. 12215, May 27, 1980, 45 F.R. 36044, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title. § 3615. Consultative Committee (a) Designation and coordination The President shall designate, and the Sec- retary of State shall coordinate the participa- tion 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 be- tween 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 affect- ing 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 ac- tion. (Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1105, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 457.) § 3616. Joint Commission on the Environment (a) Establishment; composition The United States and the Republic of Pan- ama, in accordance with the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, shall establish a Joint Commis- sion on the Environment (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Joint Commission’’) to be composed of not more than three rep- resentatives of the United States and three rep- resentatives 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 Trea- ty of 1977 with respect to its impact on the envi- ronment and shall, jointly with the representa- tives of the Government of Panama, make rec- ommendations to the United States Government and the Government of the Republic of Panama with respect to ways to avoid or mitigate ad- verse environmental impacts resulting from ac- tions taken pursuant to such Treaty. (b) Appointment; compensation and travel ex- penses 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 trav- el or transportation expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with section 3617 of this title. (c) Protection of pay, seniority, or other rights or benefits of appointed or detailed Federal em- ployees 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, or other rights or benefits by reason of such detail or appoint- ment. (d) Compensation of necessary personnel The United States representatives on the Joint Commission may, to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in ap- propriation Acts, appoint and fix the compensa- tion of such personnel as the representatives of the United States on the Joint Commission may consider necessary for the participation of the United States on the Joint Commission. (e) Rules of procedure; establishment; approval The United States representatives on the Joint Commission may, in cooperation with the representatives of the Republic of Panama on the Joint Commission, establish rules of proce- dure to be used by the Joint Commission in con- ducting its affairs, subject to the approval of such rules by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Panama. (Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1106, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 457.) § 3617. Travel expenses While away from their homes, regular places of business, or official stations in performance of services under this part, members of the Board of the Commission and the representa- tives of the United States on the Consultative Committee referred to in section 3615 of this title and on the Joint Commission on the Envi-