---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 3715d"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "3715d"
heading: "Continuation of benefits"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/3715d"
units:
  - "Chapter 51 — Panama Canal"
  - "Subchapter I — Administration and Regulations"
  - "Part 3 — Funds and Accounts"
  - "Subpart i — funds"
---

# §3715d. Continuation of benefits


The provisions of [chapter 81](/usc/5/chptIII/sptG/ch81.md) of title 5 shall, on or after October 1, 1988, continue to be the exclusive remedy, in accordance with section 8116 of such title, for the disability or death of any employee of the Panama Canal [Commission](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=2), or any of its predecessor agencies, who is covered under such chapter, resulting from injuries sustained while in the performance of the employee’s duty. The rights of any such employee for workers’ compensation benefits shall be based only on the provisions of that chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–705, § 6, Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4686.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Panama Canal Commission Compensation Fund Act of 1988, and not as part of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 which comprises this chapter.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 10 of Pub. L. 100–705, set out as an Effective Date of 1988 Amendment note under section 3612 of this title.