```

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9960 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>

118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9960

To require the United States Section of the International Boundary and 
   Water Commission to obtain input from stakeholders when drafting 
  certain minutes relating to the Rio Grande, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 11, 2024

Ms. De La Cruz (for herself, Mr. Arrington, and Ms. Granger) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To require the United States Section of the International Boundary and 
   Water Commission to obtain input from stakeholders when drafting 
  certain minutes relating to the Rio Grande, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Delivery Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. STAKEHOLDER INPUT FOR DRAFTING OF CERTAIN IBWC MINUTES.

    (a) In General.--In drafting any minute relating to the covered 
treaty, the Commission shall obtain input from stakeholders, including 
agricultural producers, government entities, and irrigation districts 
in Texas, relating to such minute.
    (b) Stakeholder Input.--
            (1) Public forums.--
                    (A) In general.--The Commission shall--
                            (i) hold at least 5 public forums with the 
                        stakeholders described in subsection (a) during 
                        the input period; and
                            (ii) ensure that at least 3 of such forums 
                        are held in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
                    (B) Schedule.--At the onset of drafting a minute 
                described in subsection (a), the Commission shall set a 
                schedule for the public forums required under 
                subparagraph (A).
                    (C) Publication.--Not later than 30 days before 
                holding the first forum with stakeholders required 
                under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall make the 
                schedule set pursuant to subparagraph (B) publicly 
                available.
            (2) Online submission portal.--The Commission shall 
        establish, and make publicly available, an online submission 
        portal through which stakeholders may submit input relating to 
        a minute described in subsection (a) during the input period.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the 
Commission holds the first forum pursuant to subsection (b)(1), the 
Commission shall make publicly available a report that includes--
            (1) a summary of all input received from stakeholders 
        during the input period; and
            (2) an executive summary describing how the Commission 
        interprets and plans to use such input when drafting a minute 
        described in subsection (a).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the United 
        States Section of the International Boundary and Water 
        Commission, United States and Mexico.
            (2) Covered treaty.--The term ``covered treaty'' means the 
        portion of the Treaty on Utilization of Waters of the Colorado 
        and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed at Washington 
        February 3, 1944, that relates to the shared waters of the Rio 
        Grande.
            (3) Input period.--The term ``input period'' means the 
        period of time beginning on the date on which the Commission 
        holds the first forum pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and ending 
        60 days after such date.
                                 <all>
```