TIME LIMITATIONS ON FILING OF CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.

SEC. 3543. TIME LIMITATIONS ON FILING OF CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES. (a) Filing of Administrative Claims With Commission.—Sections 1411(a) (22 U.S.C. 3771(a)) and 1412 (22 U.S.C. 3772) are each amended in the last sentence by striking out “within 2 years after” and all that follows through “of 1985,” and inserting in lieu thereof “within one year after the date of the injury or the date of the enactment of the Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 1997,” (b) Filing of Judicial Actions.—The penultimate sentence of section 1416 (22 U.S.C. 3776) is amended— (1) by striking out “one year” the first place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “180 days”; and (2) by striking out “claim, or” and all that follows through “of 1985,” and inserting in lieu thereof “claim or the date of the enactment of the Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 1997,”.