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[CITE: 22USC3872]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                        CHAPTER 51--PANAMA CANAL
 
                   SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
                         Part 2--Administration
 
Sec. 3872. Notification requirements

    The Panama Canal Commission shall provide written advance 
notification to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate regarding--
        (1) any proposed change in the rates of tolls for use of the 
    Panama Canal;
        (2) any payment estimated to be due the Republic of Panama under 
    paragraph 4(c) of Article XIII of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, 
    as provided by section 3751 of this title; and
        (3) the initiation of any major capital acquisition or 
    construction project exceeding $10,000,000 unless the proposed 
    acquisition or project was included in the budget estimates 
    submitted to Congress for the fiscal year in which the acquisition 
    or project is to be undertaken.

(Pub. L. 101-189, div. C, title XXXV, Sec. 3503, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 
Stat. 1689.)

                          Codification

    Section enacted as part of the Panama Canal Commission Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 1990, and as part of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, and not as part of the Panama Canal 
Act of 1979 which comprises this chapter.

      Abolition of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

    Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of House of 
Representatives abolished and its jurisdiction transferred by House 
Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995. Committee 
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of House of Representatives treated as 
referring to Committee on National Security of House of Representatives 
[now Committee on Armed Services of House of Representatives] in case of 
provisions relating to interoceanic canals, Merchant Marine Academy and 
State Maritime Academies, or national security aspects of merchant 
marine by section 1(b)(3) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding 
section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
