Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Part 2 · Chapter 51 — Panama Canal
§ 3872. Notification requirements
Statutory text
The Panama Canal Commission shall provide written advance notification to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate regarding—
any proposed change in the rates of tolls for use of the Panama Canal;
any payment estimated to be due the Republic of Panama under paragraph 4(c) of Article XIII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, as provided by section 3751 of this title; and
the initiation of any major capital acquisition or construction project exceeding $10,000,000 unless the proposed acquisition or project was included in the budget estimates submitted to Congress for the fiscal year in which the acquisition or project is to be undertaken.
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.
Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1990
Pub. L. 101–189 div. C title XXXV § 3503 · 103 Stat. 1352
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3872
(Pub. L. 101–189, div. C, title XXXV, § 3503, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1689.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–189, div. C, title XXXV, § 3503, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1689.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3503. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS The Panama Canal Commission shall provide written advance notification to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate regarding— (1) any proposed change in the rates of tolls for use of the Panama Canal; (2) any payment estimated to be due the Republic of Panama under paragraph 4(c) of Article XIII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, as provided by section 1341 of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3751); and (3) the initiation of any major capital acquisition or construction project exceeding $10,000,000 unless the proposed acquisition or project was included in the budget estimates submitted to Congress for the fiscal year in which the acquisition or project is to be undertaken.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section enacted as part of the Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1990, and as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, and not as part of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Abolition of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of House of Representatives abolished and its jurisdiction transferred by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, . Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on National Security of House of Representatives [now Committee on Armed Services of House of Representatives] in case of provisions relating to interoceanic canals, Merchant Marine Academy and State Maritime Academies, or national security aspects of merchant marine by section 1(b)(3) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.