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[CITE: 22USC3712a]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                        CHAPTER 51--PANAMA CANAL
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
 
                       Part 3--Funds and Accounts
 
                            subpart i--funds
 
Sec. 3712a. Authority to lease office space

    Notwithstanding section 490 of title 40, the Commission is 
authorized to negotiate directly and enter into contracts for the lease 
of, and for improvements to, real property in the United States for use 
by the Commission as office space, on such terms as the Commission 
considers to be in the interest of the United States, and to make direct 
payments therefor.

(Pub. L. 100-203, title V, Sec. 5415, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-
270.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
of 1987, and not as part of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 which comprises 
this chapter.
