Authorizes employees of the Panama Canal Commission who are U.S. citizens to purchase food and other goods at any commissary or exchange store in Panama which is operated by any military department of the United States.
Directs the President, if he finds that the Panamanian Defense Forces have ceased the harrassment of persons in the public areas of Panama and that food and goods are safely available to such employees so that operation of the Panama Canal is not jeopardized, to certify such finding to the Congress.
Authorizes the President to terminate such commissary and exchange privileges 30 days after he has given such certification to the Congress.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Executive Comment Requested from Panama Canal Comm., DOD.
Referred to Subcommittee on Panama Canal and Outer Continental Shelf.
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Referred to Subcommittee on Readiness.
House Committee on Armed Services Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
House Committee on Armed Services Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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