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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Part 1 · Chapter 51 — Panama Canal

§ 3615. Consultative Committee

Statutory text

(a)

Designation and coordination

The President shall designate, and the Secretary of State shall coordinate the participation 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 between 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 affecting 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 action.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Panama Canal Act of 1979

    Pub. L. 96–70 title I § 1105 · 93 Stat. 452

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3615

    (Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1105, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 457.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1105, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 457.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 1105. consultative committee (a) The President shall designate, and the Secretary of 22 USC 3615. State shall coordinate the participation of, representatives of the United States to the Consultative Committee to be established under paragraph 7 of Article HI of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977. (b) The Consultative Committee shall function as a diplomatic forum for the exchange of views between 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 affecting 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 action.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1105, , 93 Stat. 457.)

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