22 USC § 3656 - Uniform application of standards and rates

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s3656"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 3656 - Uniform application of standards and rates"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "3656"
section_name: "Uniform application of standards and rates"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "PANAMA CANAL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATIONS"
part_number: "2"
part_name: "Employees"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1216, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 465; Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXV, § 3523(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2065.)"
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# § 3656. Uniform application of standards and rates

section 3653 of this titlesection 3642 of this title

The standards established pursuant to  and the rates of basic pay established pursuant to  shall be applied without regard to whether the employee or individual concerned is a citizen of the United States or a citizen of the Republic of Panama.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–70, title I, § 1216, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 465; Pub. L. 105–85, div. C, title XXXV, § 3523(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 2065.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1997— substituted “section 3642” for “section 3655”.