§ 3779. Insurance

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. 1985

   Panama Canal Act of 1979

   Pub. L. 96–70 title I § 1419 · 93 Stat. 452

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3779

   Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1419, as added Pub. L. 99–209, § 6(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1717

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1419, as added Pub. L. 99–209, § 6(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1717

2. 1987

   Pub. L. 100–203 title V § 5414 · 101 Stat. 1330

   Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 3779

   Pub. L. 100–203 inserted “or other unpredictable events” after “marine accidents”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–203 inserted “or other unpredictable events” after “marine accidents”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 5414. INSURANCE. Section 1419 (22 U.S.C. 3779) is amended by inserting “or other unpredictable events” after “marine accidents”.

3. 1998

   Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999

   Pub. L. 105–261 div. C title XXXV § 3509(b) · 112 Stat. 1920

   1. Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 3779

      Pub. L. 105–261 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Added · 22 U.S.C. § 3779

      Pub. L. 105–261 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 105–261 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Authority To Require Claimants To Be Covered by Insurance.— Section 1419 (22 U.S.C. 3779) is amended— (1) by inserting “(a)” before “The Commission”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(b) (1) The Commission may by regulation require as a condition of transit through the Panama Canal or presence in the Panama Canal or waters adjacent thereto that any potential claimant under section 1411 or 1412 of this Act be covered by insurance against the types of injuries described in those sections. The amount of insurance so required shall be specified in those regulations, but may not exceed $1,000,000. “(2) In a claim under section 1411 or 1412 of this Act for which the Commission has required insurance under this subsection, the Commission’s liability shall be limited to the amount of damages in excess of the amount of insurance required by the Commission. “(3) In regulations under this subsection, the Commission may prohibit consideration or payment by it of claims presented by or on behalf of an insurer or subrogee of a claimant in a case for which the Commission has required insurance under this subsection.”.

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