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of waters shall be integrated with other United

States water conservation activities on the Rio

Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, in such

manner as to provide the maximum feasible

amount of water for beneficial use in the United

States with the understandings that (a) releases

of United States share of waters from said dam

for domestic, municipal, industrial, and irrigation uses in the United States shall be made

pursuant to order by the appropriate authority

or authorities of the State of Texas, and (b) the

State of Texas having stipulated that the

amount of water that will be available for use in

the United States below Falcon Dam after the

proposed dam is placed in operation will be not

less than the amount available under existing

conditions of river development, and to carry

out such understandings and said stipulation the

conservation storage of said dam shall be used,

and it shall be the exclusive responsibility of the

appropriate authority or authorities of said

State to distribute available United States

share of waters of the Rio Grande in such manner as will comply with said stipulation.

(Pub. L. 86–605, §3, 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–16. Authorization of appropriations

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated

to the Department of State for the use of the

United States Section, International Boundary

and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, such sums as may be necessary to carry out

the provisions of sections 277d–13 to 277d–16 of

this title.

(Pub. L. 86–605, §4, July 7, 1960, 74 Stat. 361.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 16 section 460fff–1.

§ 277d–17. Chamizal boundary settlement; investigations relating to river channel; acquisition of lands; relocation of facilities

In connection with the convention between

the United States of America and the United

Mexican States for the solution of the problem

of the Chamizal, signed August 29, 1963, the Secretary of State, acting through the United

States Commissioner, International Boundary

and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, is authorized—

a. to conduct technical and other investigations relating to: the demarcation or monumentation of the boundary between the United

States and Mexico; flood control; water resources; sanitation and prevention of pollution; channel relocation, improvement, and

stabilization; and other matters related to the

new river channel.

b. to acquire by donation, purchase, or condemnation, all lands required—

(1) for transfer to Mexico as provided in

said convention;

(2) for construction of that portion of the

new river channel and the adjoining levee in

the territory of the United States;

(3) for relocation of highways, roadways,

railroads, telegraph, telephone, electric

transmission lines, bridges, related facilities, and any publicly owned structure or facility, the relocation of which, in the judgment of the said Commissioner, is necessitated by the project.

c. For the purpose of effecting said relocations—

(1) to perform any or all work involved in

said relocations;

(2) to enter into contracts with the owners

of properties to be relocated whereby they

undertake to acquire any or all properties

needed for said relocations, or undertake to

perform any or all work involved in said relocations;

(3) to convey or exchange properties acquired or improved by the United States

under sections 277d–17 to 277d–25 of this title

or under said convention, with or without

improvements, or to grant term or perpetual

easements therein or thereover.

(Pub. L. 88–300, §1, Apr. 29, 1964, 78 Stat. 184.)

CODIFICATION

Section is comprised of part of section 1 of Pub. L.

88–300. Remainder of section 1 is set out as a Short

Title note below.

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 88–300 provided in part: ‘‘That

this Act [enacting this section and sections 277d–18 to

277d–25 of this title] may be cited as the ‘AmericanMexican Chamizal Convention Act of 1964’.’’

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 277d–18, 277d–22,

277d–24, 277d–25 of this title.

§ 277d–18. Construction, operation, and maintenance of works; Bridge of the Americas

(a) In general

The United States Commissioner is authorized

to construct, operate, and maintain all works

provided for in said convention and sections

277d–17 to 277d–25 of this title, and to turn over

the operation and maintenance of any such

works to any Federal agency, or any State,

county, municipality, district, or other political

subdivision within which such project or works

may be in whole or in part situated, upon such

terms, conditions, and requirements as the Commissioner may deem appropriate.

(b) Bridge of the Americas

The United States Commissioner is authorized

to receive payments of money from public or

private sources in the United States or Mexico

made for the purpose of sharing in the cost of replacement of the Bridge of the Americas which

crosses the Rio Grande between El Paso, Texas,

and Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua. Notwithstanding

any other provision of law, such payments of

money shall be credited to any appropriation to

the Commission which is currently available.

Funds received under this subsection shall be

available only for the replacement of such

bridge.

(c) Advance appropriations

The authority of subsection (b) of this section

may be exercised only to the extent or in such