Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§3872 Notification requirements

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - PANAMA CANAL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part Part 2— - Administration › § 3872

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Panama Canal Commission must give written advance notice to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Senate Committee on Armed Services. The notice is required before any proposed change in canal tolls; before any payment estimated to be due to the Republic of Panama under paragraph 4(c) of Article XIII of the 1977 Panama Canal Treaty (as provided by section 3751); and before starting any major capital acquisition or construction project costing more than $10,000,000 that was not already included in the fiscal year’s budget sent to Congress.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §3872

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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 3751 of this title; 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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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, Jan. 4, 1995. 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.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 3872

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73