Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Part 1 · Chapter 51 — Panama Canal
§ 3615. Consultative Committee
Statutory text
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.
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.
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.
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