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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§3871 Annual Report

Title 22 › CHAPTER 51 — PANAMA CANAL › SUBCHAPTER III — GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 2 — Administration › § 3871

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must send a yearly report, until the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 ends, about how U.S. rights under that treaty are being carried out. The report must discuss three things: what Panama has done about living conditions for people who lived in the Canal Zone before October 1, 1979 and still live in areas made available to the U.S.; the terms, conditions, and charges for land‑use licenses in canal operating areas; and the condition of former Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Government employees and their dependents who live in Panama on or after October 1, 1979.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §3871

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Until the termination of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, the President shall report annually on the status of the exercise of the rights and responsibilities of the United States under that Treaty. Such report shall include a discussion of the following:
(1)The actions taken by the Government of the Republic of Panama with respect to the living conditions of persons who resided in the Canal Zone before October 1, 1979, and who continue to reside in those areas made available to the United States under the Agreement in Implementation of Article III of the Panama Canal Treaty.
(2)The terms, conditions, and charges for land-use licenses within the canal operating areas specified in the Agreement in Implementation of Article III of the Panama Canal Treaty.
(3)The condition of former employees (and their dependents) of the Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government who reside in the Republic of Panama on or after October 1, 1979.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Report to Congress on Condition of Panama Canal and Canal Operations Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5418, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–271, provided that out of the funds authorized to be appropriated by part 1 (§§ 5411 to 5418) of subtitle E of title V of Pub. L. 100–203, the Panama Canal Commission was to prepare and submit to Congress a report on the condition of the Panama Canal and potential adverse effects on United States shipping and commerce and report on the effect on canal operations of certain Panamanian Government and military actions.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions Functions vested in President by this section delegated to Secretary of State who shall perform such function in coordination with Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 1–401 of Ex. Ord. No. 12215, May 27, 1980, 45 F.R. 36044, set out as a note under section 3601 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 3871

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102