A bill to prohibit the use of any United States funds to implement the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 unless the use of those funds for that purpose is hereafter expressly provided for by the Congress and to prohibit the transfer to the Republic of Panama any territory or other property of the United States in the Canal Zone unless the Congress hereafter enacts legislation which expressly authorizes such transfer.

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Prohibits the use of any funds of the United States to implement the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 unless expressly authorized by Congress. Prohibits the transfer to Panama of any real property interest of the United States in the Canal Zone unless expressly authorized by Congress. Requires an Act of Congress before the Panama Canal Company or the Canal Zone Government shall cease to exist. Provides criminal penalties for violating this Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 February 1979

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