Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§3672 Placement

Title 22 › CHAPTER 51 — PANAMA CANAL › SUBCHAPTER I — ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS › Part 2 — Employees › subpart iii — conditions of employment and placement › § 3672

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Provide placement help to certain U.S. citizens who worked in the Panama Canal Zone on March 31, 1979. If a person then employed by the Panama Canal Company or the Canal Zone Government leaves their job on or after that date for any reason except misconduct, and is not moved into another U.S. government job in Panama, they can ask for help finding vacant U.S. government jobs in the United States. The same help is available to people who worked for other U.S. executive agencies or the Smithsonian in the Canal Zone on that date whose jobs were cut because of the 1977 Panama Canal Treaty and who were not placed in another U.S. government job in Panama. The Office of Personnel Management must create and run a government-wide placement program for anyone eligible who asks. The rule took effect on September 27, 1979.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §3672

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(a)Citizens separated from employment with Panama Canal Company or Canal Zone Government

Any citizen of the United States—

(1)who, on March 31, 1979, was an employee of the Panama Canal Company or the Canal Zone Government;

(2)who separates or is scheduled to separate on or after such date for any reason other than misconduct or delinquency; and

(3)who is not placed in another appropriate position in the Government of the United States in the Republic of Panama;

shall, upon the employee’s request, be accorded appropriate assistance for placement in vacant positions in the Government of the United States in the United States.

(b)Citizens eliminated from employment with Executive agency or Canal Zone Government as a result of implementation of Panama Canal Treaty of 1977

Any citizen of the United States—

(1)who, on March 31, 1979, was employed in the Canal Zone as an employee of an Executive agency (other than the Panama Canal Company or the Canal Zone Government) or the Smithsonian Institution;

(2)whose position is eliminated as the result of the implementation of any provision of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements; and

(3)who is not appointed to another appropriate position in the Government of the United States in the Republic of Panama;

shall, upon the employee’s request, be accorded appropriate assistance for placement in vacant positions in the Government of the United States in the United States.

(c)Establishment and administration of program by Office of Personnel Management

The Office of Personnel Management shall establish and administer a Government-wide placement program for all eligible employees who request appointment to positions under this section.

(d)Effective date

The provisions of this section shall take effect on September 27, 1979.

Reference

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 3672

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110