2012 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 51 - PANAMA CANAL (§§ 3601 - 3873)
Subchapter I - ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS (§§ 3611 - 3823)
Part 1 - Panama Canal Commission (§§ 3611 - 3623)
Section 3619 - Joint sea level canal study
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 51 - PANAMA CANAL SUBCHAPTER I - ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS Part 1 - Panama Canal Commission Sec. 3619 - Joint sea level canal study |
| Contains | section 3619 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-70, title I, §1109, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 459. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 93 Stat. 459 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 96-70 |
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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 RepresentativesUpon 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 canalNo 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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