A bill directing the Secretary of Defense to exercise complete control over the Panama Canal unless and until an appropriate committee in Congress determines, or the basis of an investigation that the Government of Panama did not engage in certain acts not in the national security interests of the United States.

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Directs the Secretary of Defense to exercise complete control over the Panama Canal. Requires specified House and Senate committees to report to Congress on whether Panama acted in bad faith or contrary to the national security interests of the United States during the negotiations of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and before the enactment of the Panama Canal Act of 1979. Directs the Secretary to transfer control over the Canal to the Panama Canal Commission if the committees determine that the Panamanian Government did not act in bad faith or contrary to the national security interests of the United States.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 December 1981

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