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[CITE: 22USC3623]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                        CHAPTER 51--PANAMA CANAL
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
 
                     Part 1--Panama Canal Commission
 
Sec. 3623. Office of Ombudsman


(a) Establishment; appointment of Ombudsman; functions

    There is established within the Commission an Office of Ombudsman, 
to be directed by an Ombudsman, who shall be appointed by the 
Commission. It shall be the function of the Office of Ombudsman to 
receive individual complaints, grievances, requests, and suggestions of 
employees (and their dependents) of the Commission and other departments 
and agencies of the United States, including the Smithsonian 
Institution, conducting operations before October 1, 1979, in the area 
then comprising the Canal Zone concerning administrative problems, 
inefficiencies, and conflicts caused within departments and agencies of 
the United States, including the Smithsonian Institution, as a result of 
the implementation of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related 
agreements.

(b) Authority to make findings, render assistance, and offer 
        recommendations

    The Ombudsman shall make findings and render assistance with respect 
to the complaints, grievances, requests, and suggestions submitted to 
the Office of Ombudsman, and shall make appropriate recommendations to 
the Commission or any other department or agency of the United States, 
including the Smithsonian Institution.

(c) Effect on procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative 
        matters under this chapter, in other provisions of law, or in 
        Federal regulations

    The establishment of the Office of Ombudsman shall not affect any 
procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative matters in any 
other provision of this chapter, any other provision of law, or any 
Federal regulation.

(d) Termination date

    The Office of Ombudsman shall terminate upon the termination of the 
Panama Canal Treaty of 1977.

(Pub. L. 96-70, title I, Sec. 1113, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 460; Pub. 
L. 104-201, div. C, title XXXV, Sec. 3525, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 
2861.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 96-70, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 452, known as the 
Panama Canal Act of 1979, which is classified principally to this 
chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 3601 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 104-201 redesignated subsec. (e) as 
(d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which read as follows: ``The 
Ombudsman shall be a citizen of the United States.''
