Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/513

 PUBLIC LAW 96-70—SEPT. 27, 1979

93 STAT. 481

(d) Amounts expended for furnishing services referred to in subsection (c) of this section to persons eligible to receive them, less amounts payable by such persons, shall be fully reimbursable to the department or agency furnishing the services, except to the extent that such expenditures are the responsibility of that department or agency. The appropriations or funds of the Commission shall be available for such reimbursements on behalf of— (1) employees of the Commission, and (2) other persons authorized to receive such services who are eligible to receive them pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements. The appropriations or funds of any other department or agency of the United States conducting operations in the Republic of Panama, including the Smithsonian Institution, shall be available for reimbursements on behalf of employees of such department or agency and their dependents. (e) The appropriations or funds of the Commission, or of any other department or agency of the United States conducting operations in the Republic of Panama, shall be available, in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, to defray the cost of— (1) health care services to elderly or disabled persons who were eligible to receive such services before the effective date of this Act, less amounts payable by such persons, and (2) educational services provided by schools in the Republic of Panama, which are not operated by the United States, to persons who were receiving such services at the expense of the Canal Zone Government before the effective date of this Act. (f) For purposes of the reimbursement of the United States by the Republic of Panama for the salaries and other employment costs of employees of the Commission who are assigned to assist the Republic of Panama in the operation of activities which are transferred to that Government as a result of any provision of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, which reimbursement is provided for in paragraph 8 of Article 10 of that Treaty, the Commission shall be deemed to be the United States of America. (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President, through the appropriate department or agency of the United States, shall, until January 1, 2000, operate the educational institution known as the "Canal Zone College". Such institution shall continue to provide, insofar as practicable, the level of services which it offered immediately before the effective date of this Act. Subchapter IV—Postal Matters POSTAL SERVICE

SEC. 1331. (a) The postal service established and governed by 22 USC 3741. chapter 73 of title 2 of the Canal Zone Code shall be discontinued on 76A Stat 38 October 1, 1979. 03) The provisions of chapter 73 of such title 2 relating to postalsavings deposits, postal-savings certificates, postal money orders, and the accounting for funds shall continue to apply for the purpose of meeting the obligations of the United States concerning outstanding postal savings and money orders and disposition of funds. (c) The Commission shall take possession of and administer the funds of the postal service referred to in subsection (a) of this section and shall assume its obligations. The Commission and the United States Postal Service may enter into agreements for the transfer of ^„^' funds or property and the assumption of administrative rights or ,-^

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