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tions provided in this section and section 277d–31

of this title to conclude an agreement or agreements with the appropriate official or officials

of the Government of the United Mexican States

for the construction, operation, and maintenance by the United Mexican States under the

supervision of the International Boundary and

Water Commission, United States and Mexico,

of a drainage conveyance canal through Mexican

territory for the discharge of waters of El

Morillo and other drains in the United Mexican

States into the Gulf of Mexico in the manner,

and having substantially the characteristics, described in said Commission’s minute numbered

223, dated November 30, 1965. The agreement or

agreements shall provide that the cost of construction including costs of design and right-ofway and the costs of operation and maintenance,

shall be equally divided between the United

Mexican States and the United States. Before

concluding the agreement or agreements, the

Secretary of State shall receive satisfactory assurances from private citizens or a responsible

local group that they or it will pay to the

United States Treasury one-half of the actual

United States costs of such construction, including costs of design and right-of-way, and onehalf of the actual costs of operation and maintenance allocated under such agreement or agreements to the United States. Payments to the

United States Treasury under this section shall

be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous

receipts.

(Pub. L. 89–584, §1, Sept. 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 808.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 277d–31 of this

title.

§ 277d–31. Authorization of appropriations

To defray costs that accrue to the United

States under the agreement or agreements referred to in section 277d–30 of this title for the

construction, operation, and maintenance of

drainage conveyance canal projects, there are

authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for use of the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, the following amounts:

(1) Not to exceed $690,000 for costs of construction.

(2) Upon completion of construction, not to exceed $25,000 based on estimated calendar year

1976 costs, plus or minus such amounts as may

be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in

operation and maintenance costs involved therein, annually for costs of operation and maintenance.

(Pub. L. 89–584, §2, Sept. 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 808;

Pub. L. 93–126, §7(a), Oct. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 452;

Pub. L. 95–105, title V, §514(a), Aug. 17, 1977, 91

Stat. 862.)

AMENDMENTS

1977—Par. (2). Pub. L. 95–105 inserted ‘‘based on estimated calendar year 1976 costs, plus or minus such

amounts as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in operation and maintenance costs involved

therein,’’ after ‘‘$25,000’’.

1973—Par. (2). Pub. L. 93–126 substituted ‘‘$25,000’’ for

‘‘$20,000’’.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1977 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–105 effective Oct. 1, 1977,

see section 514(d) of Pub. L. 95–105, set out as a note

under section 277d–3 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 277d–30 of this

title.

§ 277d–32. Tijuana River flood control project;

agreement with Mexico for joint construction, operation and maintenance

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 an international flood control project for the Tijuana River, which shall

be located and have substantially the characteristics described in ‘‘Report on an International

Flood Control Project, Tijuana River Basin’’,

prepared by the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission,

United States and Mexico.

(Pub. L. 89–640, §1, Oct. 10, 1966, 80 Stat. 884.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 277d–33 of this

title.

§ 277d–33. Authorization; construction, operation,

and maintenance, appropriations, and acquisition of land

Pursuant to the agreement concluded under

the authority of section 277d–32 of this title, the

United States Commissioner is authorized to

construct, operate, and maintain the portion of

the ‘‘International Flood Control Project, Tijuana River Basin,’’ assigned to the United

States, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for use of

the United States section the sum of $10,800,000

for construction costs of such project, as modified, based on estimated June 1976 prices, plus or

minus such amounts as may be justified by reason of price index fluctuations in costs involved

therein, and such sums as may be necessary for

its maintenance and operation, except that no

funds may be appropriated under sections

277d–32 and 277d–33 of this title for the fiscal

year ending on September 30, 1977. Contingent

upon the furnishing by the city of San Diego of

its appropriate share of the funds for the acquisition of the land and interests therein needed

to carry out the agreement between the United

States and Mexico to construct such project, the

Secretary of State, acting through the United

States Commissioner, is further authorized to

participate financially with non-Federal interests in the acquisition of said lands and interest

therein, to the extent that funds provided by the

city of San Diego are insufficient for this purpose.

(Pub. L. 89–640, §2, Oct. 10, 1966, 80 Stat. 884; Pub.

L. 94–425, Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1333.)