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AMENDMENTS

1976—Pub. L. 94–425 substituted provisions authorizing appropriations of $10,800,000 for construction costs

for project based on June 1976 prices, with exception

that no funds may be appropriated for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1977 for provisions authorizing appropriations not to exceed $12,600,000 for construction costs for

project, eliminated provision requiring approval of title

by Attorney General, and inserted provision authorizing financial participation of Secretary of State

through Commissioner to acquire land for construction

of project contingent upon city of San Diego furnishing

its appropriate share of funds.

§ 277d–34. American-Mexican Boundary Treaty,

authorization for carrying out treaty provisions; investigations; land acquisition, purposes; damages, repair or compensation

In connection with the treaty between the

United States of America and the United Mexican States to resolve pending boundary differences and maintain the Rio Grande and the

Colorado River as the international boundary

between the United States of America and the

United Mexican States, signed November 23,

1970, (hereafter in this Act referred to as the

‘‘treaty’’), the Secretary of State, acting

through the United States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission,

United States, and Mexico (hereafter in this Act

referred to as the ‘‘Commissioner’’), is authorized—

(1) to conduct technical and other investigations relating to—

(A) the demarcation, mapping, monumentation, channel relocation, rectification,

improvement, stabilization, and other matters relating to the preservation of the river

boundaries between the United States and

Mexico;

(B) the establishment and delimitation of

the maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Pacific Ocean;

(C) water resources; and

(D) the sanitation and the prevention of

pollution;

(2) to acquire by donation, purchase, or condemnation, all lands or interests in lands required—

(A) for transfer to Mexico as provided in

the treaty;

(B) for construction of that portion of new

river channels and the adjoining levees in

the territory of the United States;

(C) to preserve the Rio Grande and the Colorado River as the boundary by preventing

the construction of works which may cause

deflection or obstruction of the normal flow

of the rivers or of their floodflows; and

(D) for relocation of any structure or facility, public or private, the relocation of

which, in the judgment of the Commissioner,

is necessitated by the project; and

(3) to remove, modify, or repair the damages

caused to Mexico by works constructed in the

United States which the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and

Mexico, as determined have an adverse effect

on Mexico, or to compensate Mexico for such

damages.

(Pub. L. 92–549, title I, §101, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat.

1161.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 92–549,

Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1161, which enacted sections

277d–34 to 277d–42 of this title and amended section 1322

of Title 19, Customs Duties. For complete classification

of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out

below and Tables.

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 92–549 provided: ‘‘That this Act

[enacting this section and sections 277d–35 to 277d–42 of

this title and amending section 1322 of Title 19, Customs Duties] may be cited as the ‘American-Mexican

Boundary Treaty Act of 1972’.’’

§ 277d–35. Construction, operation, and maintenance of works; property relocation, contracts; transfer of authority

The Commissioner is authorized—

(1) to construct, operate, and maintain all

works provided for in the treaty and title I of

this Act;

(2) to enter into contracts with the owners of

properties to be relocated whereby such owners undertake to perform, at the expense of

the United States, any or all operations involved in such relocations; and

(3) to turn over the operation and maintenance of any works referred to in paragraph (1)

of this section to any Federal agency, or any

State, county, municipality, district, or other

political subdivision within which such works

may be situated, in whole or in part, upon

such terms, conditions, and requirements as

the Commissioner may deem appropriate.

(Pub. L. 92–549, title I, §102, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat.

1161.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–549, Oct. 25,

1972, 86 Stat. 1161, known as the ‘‘American-Mexican

Boundary Treaty Act of 1972’’. Title I of this Act enacted sections 277d–34 to 277d–40 of this title and

amended section 1322 of Title 19, Customs Duties. For

complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title note set out under section 277d–34 of this

title and Tables.

§ 277d–36. Sale of excess land

Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

the Commissioner is authorized to dispose of by

warranty deed, or otherwise, any land acquired

by him on behalf of the United States, or obtained by the United States pursuant to treaty

between the United States and Mexico, and not

required for project purposes, under procedures

to be formulated by the Commissioner, to adjoining landowners at such price as he considers

fair and equitable, and, if not so disposed of, to

turn such land over to the General Services Administration for disposal under the provisions of

the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 [40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.].

(Pub. L. 92–549, title I, §103, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat.

1162.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Federal Property and Administrative Services

Act of 1949, as amended, referred to in text, is act June

30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377, as amended. Provisions of

that Act relating to disposal of Government property

are classified to chapter 10 (§471 et seq.) of Title 40,