Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§3781 Assets and Liabilities of Panama Canal Company

Title 22 › CHAPTER 51 — PANAMA CANAL › SUBCHAPTER I — ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS › Part 5 — Public Property › § 3781

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

October 1, 1979: United States took all Panama Canal Company assets and, unless law provides otherwise, assumed its liabilities. Commission may use its property and records.

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Title 22, §3781

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

All property and other assets of the Panama Canal Company shall revert to the United States on October 1, 1979, and, except as otherwise provided by law, the United States shall assume the liabilities, including contractual obligations, of the Panama Canal Company then outstanding. The Commission may use such property, facilities, and records of the Panama Canal Company as are necessary to carry out its functions.

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22 U.S.C. § 3781

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102