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after consultation with the Secretary of State

and the Secretary of the Interior, shall allocate such part of the total estimated cost of

the project as he deems proper to the protection of American interests from drought hazards resulting from the uncontrolled and unregulated flow of the international portion of

the Rio Grande below Old Fort Quitman,

Texas. Provisions of law applicable with respect to allocations to flood control under section 485h(b) of title 43, shall, insofar as they

are not inconsistent with the foregoing provisions, be applicable in like manner with respect to any allocation made under this subparagraph; and

(2) All revenues received by the United

States in connection with the construction,

operation, and maintenance of such projects

shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

(June 28, 1941, ch. 259, 55 Stat. 338.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Federal reclamation laws, referred to in text, are

classified generally to chapter 12 (§371 et seq.) of Title

43, Public Lands.

CHANGE OF NAME

International Boundary Commission, United States

and Mexico, American section, to which powers, duties,

and functions of International Water Commission,

United States and Mexico, American section, were

transferred by act June 30, 1932, ch. 314, §510, 47 Stat.

417, reconstituted as International Boundary and Water

Commission by Water Treaty of 1944.

§ 277g. Agreements to correct pollution of Rio

Grande

(a) In general

The Secretary of State, acting through the

United States Commissioner, International

Boundary and Water Commission, United States

and Mexico (hereafter in sections 277g to 277g–3

of this title referred to as the ‘‘Commissioner’’),

is authorized to conclude agreements with the

appropriate representative of the Ministry of

Foreign Relations of Mexico for the purpose of

correcting the international problem of pollution of the Rio Grande caused by discharge of

raw and inadequately treated sewage and other

wastes into such river from the border cities including but not limited to Ciudad Acuna, Nuevo

Laredo, and Reynosa, Mexico, and Del Rio, Laredo, and Hidalgo, Texas.

(b) Content of agreements

Agreements concluded under subsection (a) of

this section should consist of recommendations

to the Governments of the United States and

Mexico of measures to protect the health and

welfare of persons along the Rio Grande from

the effects of pollution, including—

(1) facilities that should be constructed, operated, and maintained in each country;

(2) estimates of the cost of plans, construction, operation, and maintenance of the facilities referred to in paragraph (1);

(3) formulas for the initial division between

the United States and Mexico of the cost of

plans, constructions, operation, and maintenance of the facilities referred to in paragraph

(1);

(4) a method for review and adjustment of

the formulas referred to in paragraph (3) at intervals of five years which recognizes that

such initial formulas should not be used as a

precedent in their subsequent review and adjustment; and

(5) dates for the beginning and completion of

construction of the facilities referred to in

paragraph (1).

(Pub. L. 100–465, §2, Oct. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 2272.)

SHORT TITLE

Pub. L. 100–465, §1, Oct. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 2272, provided

that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this section and sections

277g–1 to 277g–3 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Rio

Grande Pollution Correction Act of 1987’.’’

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 277g–1, 277g–2,

277g–3 of this title.

§ 277g–1. Authority of Secretary of State to plan,

construct, operate, and maintain facilities

The Secretary of State, acting through the

Commissioner, is authorized to act jointly with

the appropriate representative of the Government of Mexico and to—

(1) supervise the planning of, and

(2) supervise construction, operation, and

maintenance of,

the facilities recommended in agreements concluded pursuant to section 277g of this title and

approved by the Governments of the United

States and Mexico.

(Pub. L. 100–465, §3, Oct. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 2272.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 277g, 277g–2 of

this title.

§ 277g–2. Consultation with Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency and other authorities

The Secretary of State shall consult with the

Administrator of the Environmental Protection

Agency and other concerned Federal, State, and

local government officials in implementing sections 277g to 277g–3 of this title.

(Pub. L. 100–465, §4, Oct. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 2273.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 277g of this title.

§ 277g–3. Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated such

sums as may be necessary for the United States

to fund its share of the cost of the plans, construction, operation, and maintenance of the facilities recommended in agreements concluded

pursuant to section 277g of this title and approved by the Governments of the United States

and Mexico.

(Pub. L. 100–465, §5, Oct. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 2273.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 277g, 277g–2 of

this title.