A resolution to declare U.S. sovereignty and jurisdiction over the Panama Canal Zone.

Summary

Makes it the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over said Canal Zone and Panama Canal and that the United States Government should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property to any other sovereign nation or to any international organization which sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, and other property are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere, including the Canal and Panama.

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Timeline

1. 27 February 1973

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 February 1973

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 February 1973

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 February 1973

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Sullivan, Leonor K. (Mrs. John B.) [D-MO-3] · D · Sponsor
• · hsfa00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Resolution: Canal Zone sovereignty and jurisdiction resolution.