§ 3619. Joint sea level canal study
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(a)Committee; appointment of representatives The President shall appoint the representatives of the United States to any joint committee or body with the Republic of Panama to study the possibility of a sea level canal in the Republic of Panama pursuant to Article XII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
(b)Transmittal of study to President of Senate and Speaker of House of Representatives Upon the completion of any joint study between the United States and the Republic of Panama concerning the feasibility of a sea level canal in the Republic of Panama pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article XII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, the text of the study shall be transmitted by the President to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(c)Congressional authorization respecting construction of sea level canal No construction of a sea level canal by the United States in the Republic of Panama shall be undertaken except with express congressional authorization after submission of the study by the President as provided in subsection
(b)of this section.
(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1109, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 459.)
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§ 3619
Joint sea level canal study
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