§ 3619. Joint sea level canal study

Legislative history

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1. 1979

   Panama Canal Act of 1979

   Pub. L. 96–70 title I § 1109 · 93 Stat. 452

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3619

   (Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1109, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 459.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1109, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 459.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1109. joint sea level canal study committee (a) The President shall appoint the representatives of the 22 USC 3619. United States to any joint committee or body with the Republic of Panama to study the possibility of a sea level canal in the Republic of Panama pursuant to Article XII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977. (b) Upon the completion of any joint study between the United Transmittal to President of the Senate and House of Representatives. States and the Republic of Panama concerning the feasibility of a sea level canal in the Republic of Panama pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article XII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, the text of the study shall be transmitted by the President to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (c) No construction of a sea level canal by the United States in the Republic of Panama shall be undertaken except with express congressional authorization after submission of the study by the President as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

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