..-ELTRALITYT TREATY


 ARTICLE V
 After the termination of the Panama Canal Treaty, only
 the IRepublic of Panama shall operate the Canal and maintain military forces, def ense sites and military installations within
 its national territory.

Propose)d amnendments to Article V
 Amendment No. 12, as modified (Dole, et al.), March 10, 1978 (Congyressional Record, S 3422) -Tabled 0-0-34.
 Surnmary.-Provided that the United States and Panama -would conclude an agreement on the continued availability to the United States of defense sites or military installations after 1999, and that if no agreement were reached by December 31, 1999, the United States. could maintain the defense sites and military installations made available under the Panama Canal Treaty for ten years beyond the termi-nation of the Panama Canal Treaty.
 Text.-Bef ore the period at the end of article V, insert a comma and the following: "except that, in order to maintain the regime of neutrality established under this Treaty, the United States of America and the Republic of Panama shall conclude an agreement on the continued availability to the United States of America of any defense site or military installation after the date of the termination of the Pa namia Canal Treaty, and if no such agreement may have been concluded before such date, the United States of America may continue on and after such date to occupy the defense sites and military installations made available for its use. under the Panama Canal Treaty until IDecember 31, 2009, notwithstanding the termination of the provisions of the Panama Canal Treaty".
 Vote to table, March 10, 197 3 (Congressional Record, S 3426).The result was announced-yeas 50, nays 34, as follows: [Rolcall Vote No. 50 Ex.]
 YEAS-5 0
Baker Cranston Hollings Bayh Culver Huddleston Biden D,-,nfortli Humphrey Bumpers Durkin Inouye Byrd, Robert C. Eagleton Jackson Case Glenn Kennedy Chafee Hart Leahy Church Haskell Magnuson Clark Hathaway Mat hias
 I'The amendment was modified to add the time limitation, "until December 31, 2009,"at the request of Senator DeConcini. See Congressional Record, S 3417, 3419, 3422--23l (March 10, 1978).
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