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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Part 6 · Chapter 51 — Panama Canal

§ 3793. Interest on investments

Statutory text

(a)

Calculation of interest

For purposes of sections 3721 and 3792 of this title, interest shall be computed, at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the investment of the United States in the Panama Canal as shown in the accounts of the Panama Canal Company at the close of business on the day preceding , and as adjusted in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this section. Capital investment for interest purposes shall not include any interest during construction.

(b)

Increases and decreases in investment of United States

The investment of the United States described in subsection (a) of this section—

(1)

shall be increased by—

(A)

the amount of expenditures from the Panama Canal Revolving Fund,,1 and

(B)

the value of property transferred to the Commission by any other department or agency of the United States, as determined in accordance with subsection (c) of this section; and

(2)

shall be decreased by—

(A)

the amount of the funds deposited in the Panama Canal Revolving Fund,

(B)

the value of property transferred to the Republic of Panama pursuant to this chapter or any other Act on or after , and

(C)

the value of property transferred by the Commission to any other department or agency of the United States.

(c)

Value of property transferred to Commission

The value of property transferred to the Commission by any other department or agency of the United States shall be determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. In computing such value, such Director shall give due consideration to the cost and probable earning power of the transferred property, or the usable value to the Commission if clearly less than cost, and shall make adequate provisions for depreciation, obsolescence, and other determinable decreases in value. Insofar as practicable, the value of such transferred property shall exclude any portion of such value properly allocable to national defense.

(d)

Payment and deposit of interest

The Panama Canal Commission shall pay to the Treasury of the United States interest on the investment of the United States, as determined under this section. Such interest shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original.

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 § 1603 · 93 Stat. 452

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3793

    Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1603, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 490

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1603, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 490

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 1603. calculation of interest (a) For purposes of sections 1311 and 1602 of this Act, interest shall be computed, at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the investment of the United States in the Panama Canal as shown in the accounts of the Panama Canal Company at the close of business on the day preceding the effective date of this Act, and as adjusted in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this section. Capital investment for interest purposes shall not include any interest during construction, (b) The investment of the United States described in subsection (a) of this section— (1) shall be increased by— (A) the amount of expenditures from appropriations to the Commission made on or after the effective date of this Act, and (B) the value of property transferred to the Commission by any other department or agency of the United States, as determined in accordance with subsection (c) of this section; and (2) shall be decreased by— (A) the amount of the funds covered into the Treasury pursuant to section 1302 of this Act. (B) the value of property transferred to the Republic of Panama pursuant to this or any other Act on or after the date on which the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 enters into force, and (C) the value of property transferred by the Commission to any other department or agency of the United States. (c) The value of property transferred to the Commission by any other department or agency of the United States shall be determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. In computing such value, such Director shall give due consideration to the cost and probable earning power of the transferred property, or the usable value to the Commission if clearly less than cost, and shall make adequate provisions for depreciation, obsolesence, and other determinable decreases in value. Insofar as practicable, the value of such transferred property shall exclude any portion of such value properly allocable to national defense.

  2. Pub. L. 99–195 § 1(b) · 99 Stat. 1349

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 3793(b)(2)(A)

    Pub. L. 99–195 substituted “Panama Canal Commission Fund” for “Treasury”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 99–195 substituted “Panama Canal Commission Fund” for “Treasury”.

  3. Pub. L. 100–203 § 5425(a)(1) · 101 Stat. 1330

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 3793(b)(1)(A)

    Pub. L. 100–203, § 5425(a)(1), substituted “the Panama Canal Revolving Fund,” for “appropriations to the Commission made on or after October 1, 1979”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 100–203, § 5425(a)(1), substituted “the Panama Canal Revolving Fund,” for “appropriations to the Commission made on or after October 1, 1979”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking out “appropriations to the Commission made on or after the effective date of this Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “the 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.

  4. Pub. L. 100–203 § 5425(a)(2) · 101 Stat. 1330

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 3793(b)(2)(A)

    Pub. L. 100–203, § 5425(a)(2), substituted “deposited in the Panama Canal Revolving Fund” for “covered into the Panama Canal Commission Fund pursuant to section 3712 of this title”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 100–203, § 5425(a)(2), substituted “deposited in the Panama Canal Revolving Fund” for “covered into the Panama Canal Commission Fund pursuant to section 3712 of this title”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking out “covered into the Panama Canal Commission Fund pursuant to section 1302 of this Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “deposited in the Panama Canal Revolving Fund”; and

    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.

  5. Pub. L. 100–203 § 5425(a)(3) · 101 Stat. 1330

    Added · 22 U.S.C. § 3793(d)

    Pub. L. 100–203, § 5425(a)(3), added subsec. (d)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–203, § 5425(a)(3), added subsec. (d).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

    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.

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 96–70, , 93 Stat. 452, known as the Panama Canal Act of 1979, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3601 of this title and Tables.

Amendments1985–1987 · 2 rounds

1987

Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 100–203, § 5425(a)(1), substituted “the Panama Canal Revolving Fund,” for “appropriations to the Commission made on or after ”.

Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 100–203, § 5425(a)(2), substituted “deposited in the Panama Canal Revolving Fund” for “covered into the Panama Canal Commission Fund pursuant to section 3712 of this title”.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–203, § 5425(a)(3), added subsec. (d).

1985

Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 99–195 substituted “Panama Canal Commission Fund” for “Treasury”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

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

Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 99–195 applicable only to tolls and other receipts of the Commission deposited in the Treasury on or after , see section 2 of Pub. L. 99–195, set out as a note under section 3712 of this title.

Credits

1979–1987 · 3 acts
  1. 1979Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1603, , 93 Stat. 490
  2. 1985Pub. L. 99–195, § 1(b), , 99 Stat. 1349
  3. 1987Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5425(a), , 101 Stat. 1330–274.
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(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1603, , 93 Stat. 490; Pub. L. 99–195, § 1(b), , 99 Stat. 1349; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5425(a), , 101 Stat. 1330–274.)

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