**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law (except subsection (b)), the Commission may contract with Panamanian carriers registered under the laws of the Republic of Panama to provide air transportation to officials and employees of the Commission who are citizens of the Republic of Panama.
**(b)** An official or employee of the Commission who is a citizen of the Republic of Panama may elect, for security or other reasons, to travel by an air carrier holding a certificate under [section 41102 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section41102&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law (except subsection (b)), the Commission may contract with Panamanian carriers registered under the laws of the Republic of Panama to provide air transportation to officials and employees of the Commission who are citizens of the Republic of Panama.
**(b)** An official or employee of the Commission who is a citizen of the Republic of Panama may elect, for security or other reasons, to travel by an air carrier holding a certificate under [section 41102 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section41102&num=0&edition=prelim).
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§ 3652. Panama Canal Employment System; merit
and other employment requirements
(a) Establishment; merit and other employment
requirements
The Commission shall establish a Panama
Canal Employment System and prescribe the
regulations necessary for its administration.
The Panama Canal Employment System shall—
(1) be established in accordance with and be
subject to the provisions of the Panama Canal
Treaty of 1977 and related agreements, the pro-
visions of this part, and any other applicable
provision of law;
(2) be based on the consideration of the
merit of each employee or candidate for em-
ployment and the qualifications and fitness of
the employee to hold the position concerned;
(3) conform, to the extent practicable and
consistent with the provisions of this chapter,
to the policies, principles, and standards appli-
cable to the competitive service;
(4) in the case of employees who are citizens
of the United States, provide for the appro-
priate interchange of those employees between
positions under the Panama Canal Employ-
ment System and positions in the competitive
service; and
(5) not be subject to the provisions of title 5,
unless specifically made applicable by this
chapter.
(b) Applicability to any Executive agency and
Smithsonian Institution
(1) The head of any Executive agency (other
than the Commission) and the Smithsonian In-
stitution may elect to have the Panama Canal
Employment System made applicable in whole
or in part to personnel of that agency in the Re-
public of Panama.
(2) Any Executive agency (other than the
Commission) and the Smithsonian Institution,
to the extent of any election under paragraph
(1), shall conduct its employment and pay prac-
tices relating to employees in accordance with
the Panama Canal Emp