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 93 STAT. 496

Repeal. 76A Stat. 555.

Effective date. 22 USC 3852 note. Repeal. 76A Stat. 557.

PUBLIC LAW 96-70—SEPT. 27, 1979 for the use of the United States pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, including provisions for treatment, care, assignment for work, discipline, and welfare. (c) After the entry into force of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, all persons convicted of offenses in the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, and sentenced to terms of imprisonment in excess of one year, shall be committed to the custody of the Attorney General pursuant to parts III and IV of title 18, United States Code. (d)(1) Sections 6501 through 6505 of title 6 of the Canal Zone Code are repealed. (2) The table of sections for chapter 351 of title 6 of the Canal Zone Code is amended by repealing the items relating to sections 6501 through 6505. (e) Subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall take effect 90 days after entry into force of the prisoner transfer agreement referred to in paragraph 11 of Article IX of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 but in no event later than 90 days prior to the end of the transition period. (0(1) Chapter 355 of title 6 of the Canal Zone Code is repealed. (2) The table of chapters for part 3 of title 6 of the Canal Zone Code is amended by repealing the item relating to chapter 355. TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1—CEMETERIES DISINTERMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND REINTERMENT OF REMAINS

Appropriation authorization. 22 USC 3861.

SEC. 3101. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1979, and subsequent fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of Reservation (3) to the Resolution of Ratification of the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal, adopted by the United States Senate on March 16, 1978, such sums to be made available to those agencies that are directed and empowered by the President to carry out such purposes and provisions. (b) With regard to remains that are to be reinterred in the United States, the United States shall not bear the cost of funeral home services, vaults, plots, or crypts unless otherwise provided for by law. CHAPTER 2—IMMIGRATION SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS

Ante, p. 455.

SEC. 3201. (a) Section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)), relating to the definition of special immigrants, is amended— (1) by striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph (C); (2) by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (3) by adding after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraphs: "(E) an immigrant, and his accompanying spouse and children, who is or has been an employee of the Panama Canal Company or Canal Zone Government before the date on which the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 (as described in section 3(a)(1) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979) enters into force, who was resident in

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