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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Part 2 · Chapter 51 — Panama Canal

§ 3661. Panama Canal Board of Appeals; duties

Statutory text

(a)

Subject to the provisions of this part, the Commission shall prescribe regulations establishing a Panama Canal Board of Appeals. The regulations shall provide for the number of members of the Board and their appointment, compensation, and terms of office, the selection of a Chairman of the Board, the appointment and compensation of the Board’s employees, and other appropriate matters relating to the Board.

(b)

The Board shall review and determine the appeals of employees in accordance with section 3662 of this title. The decisions of the Board shall conform to the provisions of this subpart.

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 § 1221 · 93 Stat. 452

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3661

    Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1221, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 466

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1221, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 466

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 1221. panama canal board of appeals; duties (a) Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the President shall prescribe regulations establishing a Panama Canal Board of Appeals. The regulations shall provide for the number of members of the Board and their appointment, compensation, and terms of office, the selection of a Chairman of the Board, the appointment and compensation of the Board’s employees, and other appropriate matters relating to the Board. (b) The Board shall review and determine the appeals of employees in accordance with section 1222 of this Act. The decisions of the Board shall conform to the provisions of this subchapter.

  2. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998

    Pub. L. 105–85 div. C title XXXV § 3548 · 111 Stat. 1629

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 3661(a)

    Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “Commission” for “President”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “Commission” for “President”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “Commission” for “President”.

Credits

1979–1997 · 2 acts
  1. 1979Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1221, , 93 Stat. 466
  2. 1997Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXV, § 3548, , 111 Stat. 2073.
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(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1221, , 93 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXV, § 3548, , 111 Stat. 2073.)

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