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[CITE: 22USC3649]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                        CHAPTER 51--PANAMA CANAL
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
 
                            Part 2--Employees
 
              subpart i--panama canal commission personnel
 
Sec. 3649. Applicability of certain benefits

    Chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation for work injuries, 
chapters 83 and 84 of such title 5, relating to retirement, chapter 87 
of such title 5, relating to life insurance, and chapter 89 of such 
title 5, relating to health insurance, are applicable to Commission 
employees, except any individual--
        (1) who is not a citizen of the United States;
        (2) whose initial appointment by the Commission occurs after 
    October 1, 1979; and
        (3) who is covered by the Social Security System of the Republic 
    of Panama pursuant to any provision of the Panama Canal Treaty of 
    1977 and related agreements.

(Pub. L. 96-70, title I, Sec. 1209, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 463; Pub. 
L. 104-201, div. C, title XXXV, Sec. 3527, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 
2861.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``Applicability of certain 
benefits'' for ``Inapplicability of certain benefits to certain 
noncitizens'' in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to 
amendment, text was comprised of subsec. (a) of section 1209 of Pub. L. 
96-70 which read as follows: ``Chapter 81 of title 5, relating to 
compensation for work injuries, chapter 83 of such title 5, relating to 
civil service retirement, chapter 87 of such title 5, relating to life 
insurance, and chapter 89 of such title 5, relating to health insurance, 
are inapplicable to any individual--
        ``(1) who is not a citizen of the United States;
        ``(2) whose initial appointment by the Commission occurs after 
    October 1, 1979; and
        ``(3) who is covered by the Social Security System of the 
    Republic of Panama pursuant to any provision of the Panama Canal 
    Treaty of 1977 and related agreements.''
Prior to amendment, section 1209 also contained subsecs. (b) and (c) 
which amended sections 8701 and 8901 of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees.
