Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110
§3644 Compensation of Individuals in Uniformed Services
Title 22 › CHAPTER 51 — PANAMA CANAL › SUBCHAPTER I — ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS › Part 2 — Employees › subpart i — panama canal commission personnel › § 3644
Summary
People in a uniformed service who work in the Commission must keep getting basic pay from their service. The Commission cannot pay them for that time; if the Administrator, Deputy Administrator, or Chief Engineer is a service member, the Commission’s pay is reduced by the amount of their service basic pay. Each year the Commission must repay the service for any such basic pay.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §3644
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(a)Individual serving in a position in Commission
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any individual who is serving in a position in the Commission and who is a member of a uniformed service shall continue to be paid basic pay by such uniformed service and shall not be paid by the Commission for the period of the service in the uniformed service involved.
(b)Individual appointed as Administrator, Deputy Administrator, or Chief Engineer
If the individual appointed as Administrator, Deputy Administrator, or Chief Engineer of the Commission is a member of a uniformed service, the amount of basic pay otherwise payable to the individual for service in that position shall be reduced, up to the amount of that basic pay, by the amount of the basic pay payable to the individual as a member of a uniformed service.
(c)Reimbursement to uniformed service
The Commission shall annually pay to each uniformed service amounts sufficient to reimburse that uniformed service for any basic pay paid by that uniformed service to any member of that service during any period of service in the Commission by the member.
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22 U.S.C. § 3644
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110