Date: 1978-04-06
Result:
54-33
Vote Subject Matter:
Foreign and Defense Policy
/ Defense Policy Resolutions
Sponsor: SARBANES, Paul Spyros (D-MD)
Description: TO TABLE HELMS AMENDMENT #17 TO THE PANAMA CANAL TREATY, AN AMENDMENT THAT RESTORES A SECTION OF THE OLD TREATY THAT ALLOWS EITHER THE UNITED STATES OR PANAMA TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION IN THE CASE OF AN INTERNATIONAL THREAT TO THE SECURITY OF THE CANAL, OR TO THE SECURITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA.
Original source documents:
Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 124-47, p. 4917;
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