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title: "22 U.S.C. § 3783"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 3783 - Disposition of property of United States

## Text

No property of the United States located in the Republic of Panama may be disposed of except pursuant to law enacted by the Congress.

(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1503, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 488.)