§ 3754. Congressional restraints on property transfers and tax expenditures; formal apprisal of Panama

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. 1979

   Panama Canal Act of 1979

   Pub. L. 96–70 title I § 1344 · 93 Stat. 452

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3754

   Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1344, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 484

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1344, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 484

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1344. congressional restraints on property transfers and tax expenditures (a) The Congress enacts this section in the exercise of its authority under Article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States to dispose of and make necessary rules and regulations with respect to property of the United States. (b) Prior to the transfer of property of the United States located in the Republic of Panama to the Republic of Panama pursuant to section 1504 of this Act the President shall formally advise the Government of Panama that— (1) in fulfilling its obligations under the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, the United States shall make no payments to the Republic of Panama derived from tax revenues of the United States; (2) the United States retains full discretion and authority to determine whether and the extent to which tax revenues of the United States may be expended in exercising United States rights and carrying out United States responsibilities under the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements; (3) no tax revenues of the United States shall be made available for obligations and expenditure after the effective date of this Act for purposes of implementing the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, unless hereafter specifically approved by the Congress through the authorization and appropriation process; (4) the total amount expended by the Commission from funds appropriated to or for the use of the Commission shall not exceed the total amount deposited in the Panama Canal Commission Fund; and (5) the foregoing paragraphs of this subsection do not apply to expenditures made by the United States in fulfilling United States obligations to transfer the remains of our honored dead from Mount Hope Cemetery in the former Canal Zone to an appropriate and dignified resting place in accordance with Reservation 3 to the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal.

2. 1987

   Pub. L. 100–203 title V § 5428(c) · 101 Stat. 1330

   1. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 3754(b)(4)

      Pub. L. 100–203 substituted “available” for “appropriated to or”

   2. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 3754(b)(4)

      Pub. L. 100–203 substituted “Panama Canal Revolving Fund” for “Panama Canal Commission Fund”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 100–203 substituted “available” for “appropriated to or” and “Panama Canal Revolving Fund” for “Panama Canal Commission Fund”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Congressional Restraints on Property Transfers and Tax Expenditures.— Section 1344(b)(4) (22 U.S.C. 3754(b)(4)) is amended— (1) by striking out “appropriated to or” and inserting in lieu thereof “available”; and (2) by striking out “Panama Canal Commission Fund” and inserting in lieu thereof “Panama Canal Revolving Fund”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 100–203 effective Jan. 1, 1988, see section 5429 of Pub. L. 100–203, set out as a note under section 3712 of this title.

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