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[CITE: 22USC3781]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                        CHAPTER 51--PANAMA CANAL
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS
 
                         Part 5--Public Property
 
Sec. 3781. Assets and liabilities of Panama Canal Company

    All property and other assets of the Panama Canal Company shall 
revert to the United States on October 1, 1979, and, except as otherwise 
provided by law, the United States shall assume the liabilities, 
including contractual obligations, of the Panama Canal Company then 
outstanding. The Commission may use such property, facilities, and 
records of the Panama Canal Company as are necessary to carry out its 
functions.

(Pub. L. 96-70, title I, Sec. 1501, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 487.)
