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for expenditure for the purposes of this section

and section 277d–10 of this title: Provided further,

That any moneys received from the United

Mexican States under the terms of any such

agreement shall be available for expenditure in

connection with any appropriations which may

be available or which may be made for the purposes of said sections: And provided further, That

moneys received from the city of Nogales, Arizona, pursuant to the provisions of said sections

shall be available for expenditure in connection

with any appropriations which may be available

or which may be made available for the purposes

of said sections.

(July 27, 1953, ch. 242, §2, 67 Stat. 195.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 277d–10 of this

title.

§ 277d–12. Expenditures for flood fighting, rescue

operations, repairs or restoration of flood

control or sanitation works threatened or destroyed by floodwaters of Rio Grande, Colorado, or Tijuana Rivers

On and after June 20, 1956, in addition to the

funds available under the appropriation ‘‘Rio

Grande emergency flood protection’’, the United

States Commissioner is authorized to expend

from any appropriation available to the International Boundary and Water Commission,

United States and Mexico, American Section,

such sums as may be necessary for prosecution

of emergency flood fighting and rescue operations, repairs or restoration of any flood control or sanitation works threatened or destroyed

by floodwaters of the Rio Grande, the Colorado

or Tijuana Rivers, or other streams running

across or near the boundary, and for taking

emergency actions, consistent with the emergency provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act

[42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.], to protect against health

threatening surface and ground water pollution

problems along the United States-Mexico boundary.

(June 20, 1956, ch. 414, title I, 70 Stat. 302; Pub.

L. 101–246, title IV, §412(a), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat.

69; Pub. L. 103–236, title IV, §423(b), Apr. 30, 1994,

108 Stat. 457.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Safe Drinking Water Act, referred to in text, is

title XIV of act July 1, 1944, as added Dec. 16, 1974, Pub.

L. 93–523, §2(a), 88 Stat. 1660, as amended, which is classified generally to subchapter XII (§300f et seq.) of

chapter 6A of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title note set out under section 201 of Title 42

and Tables.

AMENDMENTS

1994—Pub. L. 103–236 substituted ‘‘Tijuana Rivers, or

other streams running across or near the boundary, and

for taking emergency actions, consistent with the

emergency provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act,

to protect against health threatening surface and

ground water pollution problems along the United

States-Mexico boundary’’ for ‘‘Tijuana Rivers, and for

taking emergency actions to protect against health

threatening sanitation problems by repairing or replacing existing capital infrastructure along the United

States-Mexico Boundary’’.

1990—Pub. L. 101–246 inserted ‘‘or sanitation’’ after

‘‘flood control’’ and inserted before period at end ‘‘, the

Colorado or Tijuana Rivers, and for taking emergency

actions to protect against health threatening sanitation problems by repairing or replacing existing capital

infrastructure along the United States-Mexico Boundary’’.

§ 277d–13. Authorization for international storage dam on the Rio Grande

The Secretary of State, acting through the

United States Commissioner, International

Boundary and Water Commission, United States

and Mexico, is hereby authorized to conclude

with the appropriate official or officials of the

Government of Mexico an agreement for the

joint construction, operation, and maintenance

by the United States and Mexico, in accordance

with the provisions of the treaty of February 3,

1944, with Mexico, of a major international storage dam on the Rio Grande at the site and having substantially the characteristics described

in minute numbered 207 adopted June 19, 1958, by

the said Commission, and in the ‘‘Rio Grande

International Storage Dams Project—Report on

Proposed Dam and Reservoir’’ prepared by the

United States Section of the said Commission

and dated September 1958.

(Pub. L. 86–605, §1, July 7, 1960, 74 Stat. 360.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 277d–14, 277d–15,

277d–16 of this title; title 16 section 460fff–1.

§ 277d–14. Construction, operation, and maintenance on self-liquidating basis of facilities

for generating hydroelectric energy

If agreement is concluded pursuant to section

277d–13 of this title for the construction of a

major international storage dam the Secretary

of State, acting through the United States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water

Commission, United States and Mexico, is authorized to conclude with the appropriate official or officials of Mexico an agreement consistent with article 7 of the treaty of February 3,

1944, for the construction, operation, and maintenance on a self-liquidating basis, for the

United States share, of facilities for generating

hydroelectric energy at said dam.

If agreement for the construction of separate

facilities for generating hydroelectric energy is

concluded, the United States Commissioner,

International Boundary and Water Commission,

United States and Mexico, is directed to construct, operate, and maintain such self-liquidating facilities for the United States.

(Pub. L. 86–605, §2, July 7, 1960, 74 Stat. 360.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 277d–16 of this

title; title 16 section 460fff–1.

§ 277d–15. Integration of operation of dam with

other United States water conservation activities

If a dam is constructed pursuant to an agreement concluded under the authorization granted

by section 277d–13 of this title, its operation for

conservation and release of United States share