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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§3714 Borrowing authority

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - PANAMA CANAL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS › Part Part 3— - Funds and Accounts › Subpart subpart i— - funds › § 3714

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Panama Canal Commission can borrow up to $100,000,000 from the Treasury for its work. It can give the Treasury IOUs or similar promises to pay. Those must have due dates set by the Commission and the Treasury Secretary no later than December 31, 1999, and the Commission may pay them off early. Borrowed money cannot be used for payments to Panama under Article XIII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977. Such borrowing raises the United States’ investment in the Canal, and paying it back lowers that investment. The Commission must tell Congress and the Office of Management and Budget each time it borrows.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §3714

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Panama Canal Commission may borrow from the Treasury, for any of the purposes of the Commission, not more than $100,000,000 outstanding at any time. For this purpose, the Commission may issue to the Secretary of the Treasury its notes or other obligations—
(1)which shall have maturities (of not later than December 31, 1999) agreed upon by the Commission and the Secretary of the Treasury, and
(2)which may be redeemable at the option of the Commission before maturity.
(b)Amounts borrowed under this section shall not be available for payments to Panama under Article XIII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.
(c)Amounts borrowed under this section shall increase the investment of the United States in the Panama Canal, and repayment of such amounts shall decrease such investment.
(d)The Commission shall report to the Congress and to the Office of Management and Budget on each exercise of borrowing authority under this section.

Legislative History

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1988, see section 5429 of Pub. L. 100–203, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1987 Amendment note under section 3712 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 3714

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73