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[CITE: 22USC3616]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                        CHAPTER 51--PANAMA CANAL
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
 
                     Part 1--Panama Canal Commission
 
Sec. 3616. Joint Commission on the Environment


(a) Establishment; composition

    The United States and the Republic of Panama, in accordance with the 
Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, shall establish a Joint Commission on the 
Environment (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``Joint 
Commission'') to be composed of not more than three representatives of 
the United States and three representatives of the Republic of Panama, 
or such other equivalent numbers of representatives as may be agreed 
upon by the Governments of the two countries. The United States members 
of the Joint Commission shall periodically review the implementation of 
the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 with respect to its impact on the 
environment and shall, jointly with the representatives of the 
Government of Panama, make recommendations to the United States 
Government and the Government of the Republic of Panama with respect to 
ways to avoid or mitigate adverse environmental impacts resulting from 
actions taken pursuant to such Treaty.

(b) Appointment; compensation and travel expenses

    Representatives of the United States on the Joint Commission shall 
be appointed by the President and shall serve at the pleasure of the 
President. Such representatives shall serve without compensation but 
shall be allowed travel or transportation expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with section 3617 of this title.

(c) Protection of pay, seniority, or other rights or benefits of 
        appointed or detailed Federal employees

    Any Federal employee subject to the civil service laws and 
regulations who is detailed to serve with, or appointed by, the United 
States representatives on the Joint Commission shall not lose any pay, 
seniority, or other rights or benefits by reason of such detail or 
appointment.

(d) Compensation of necessary personnel

    The United States representatives on the Joint Commission may, to 
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in 
appropriation Acts, appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel 
as the representatives of the United States on the Joint Commission may 
consider necessary for the participation of the United States on the 
Joint Commission.

(e) Rules of procedure; establishment; approval

    The United States representatives on the Joint Commission may, in 
cooperation with the representatives of the Republic of Panama on the 
Joint Commission, establish rules of procedure to be used by the Joint 
Commission in conducting its affairs, subject to the approval of such 
rules by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of 
Panama.

(Pub. L. 96-70, title I, Sec. 1106, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 457.)

                       References in Text

    The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (c), are set forth in 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3617 of this title.
