A resolution urging retention of undiluted U.S. sovereignty over the canal zone.

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Introduced

4 March 1975

Last action

4 March 1975 · Introduced

Status

Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Sponsors

Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC], Sen. McClellan, John L. [D-AR], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Sen. Long, Russell B. [D-LA], Sen. Eastland, James O. [D-MS], Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV], Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA], Sen. Symington, Stuart [D-MO], Sen. Hartke, Vance [D-IN], Sen. McIntyre, Thomas J. [D-NH], Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX], Sen. Fong, Hiram L. [R-HI], Sen. Curtis, Carl T. [R-NE], Sen. Fannin, Paul J. [R-AZ], Sen. Hruska, Roman L. [R-NE], Sen. Hansen, Clifford P. [R-WY], Sen. Goldwater, Barry [R-AZ], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA], Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA], Sen. Allen, James B. [D-AL], Sen. Beall, J. Glenn, Jr. [R-MD], Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM], Sen. Scott, William Lloyd [R-VA], Sen. Young, Milton R. [R-ND], Sen. Stone, Richard (Dick) [D-FL], Sen. Montoya, Joseph M. [D-NM], Sen. Ford, Wendell H. [D-KY], Sen. Morgan, Robert B. [D-NC], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. Buckley, James L. [R-NY], Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID], Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT], Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV], Sen. Byrd, Harry F., Jr. [I-VA], Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS], Sen. Bartlett, Dewey F. [R-OK], Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND]

Subjects

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Summary

Declares it to be the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of the United States should maintain and protect its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the canal and zone, and should in no way cede, dilute, forfeit, negotiate, or transfer any of these sovereign rights, power, authority, jurisdiction, territory, or property that are indispensably necessary for the protection and security of the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere; (2) that there be no relinquishment or surrender of any presently vested United States soverign right, power, or authority or property, tangible or intangible, except by treaty authorized by the Congress and duly ratified by the United States; and (3) that there be no recession to Panama, or other divestitute of any United States owned peroperty, tangible or intangible, without prior authorization by the Congress (House and Senate), as provided in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.

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Timeline

4 March 1975
Introduced
Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Source: IntroReferral
4 March 1975
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral

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Related records

related to → Resolution in support of continued undiluted U.S. sovereignty and jurisdiction over the U.S.-owned Canal Zone on the Isthmus of Panama.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/senate-resolution/97
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/94/sres/97
us · 94-sres-97 · source updated 14 January 2025