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Exhibit "A"
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TITLE 22 UNITED STATES CODE
Provision dealing with claims for injuries to persons or
property occurring outside the locks of the Panama Canal.
1. Section 3772 is amended by striking "Canal. and when
the amount of the claim does not exceed $120,000" and inserting
in lieu thereof "Canal".
2. Section 3774 is amended by:
a. Striking subsection (6)
b. Inserting "or" immediately after "traffic"
c. Renumbering subsection (7) as subsection (6).
3. Section 377b is amended by:
a. In subsection (a) striking "(a) subject to
subsection (b) of this section, the" and inserting in lieu
thereof "The"; and
b. Striking subsection (b).
4. Section 3776 is amended by:
a. Inserting "or section 3772' immediately after
"section 3771"
b. Striking "the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Louisiana" and
inserting "any United States District Court."