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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 379 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 379

 Expressing support for the diplomatic relations required to encourage 
the Government of Mexico to fulfill water deliveries on an annual basis 
  to the United States under the Treaty between the United States of 
America and Mexico respecting the utilization of waters of the Colorado 
               and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 28 (legislative day, September 22), 2023

     Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Expressing support for the diplomatic relations required to encourage 
the Government of Mexico to fulfill water deliveries on an annual basis 
  to the United States under the Treaty between the United States of 
America and Mexico respecting the utilization of waters of the Colorado 
               and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande.

Whereas the Treaty between the United States of America and Mexico respecting 
        the utilization of waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the 
        Rio Grande, signed at Washington February 1944 (59 Stat. 1219), commits 
        the Government of the United Mexican States to deliver to the United 
        States a minimum of 350,000 acre-feet of water annually, measured in 5-
        year cycles requiring 1,750,000 acre-feet of water to be delivered;
Whereas the Government of the United Mexican States has repeatedly failed to 
        deliver the required minimum of 350,000 acre-feet of water annually and 
        1,750,000 acre-feet of water during each 5-year cycle; and
Whereas such failures have contributed to water shortages for farmers in south 
        Texas: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) supports relations between United States diplomats and 
        officials at the United States Section of the International 
        Boundary and Water Commission and counterparts in the United 
        Mexican States to secure compliance by the Government of the 
        United Mexican States with the Treaty between the United States 
        of America and Mexico respecting the utilization of waters of 
        the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed 
        at Washington February 1944 (59 Stat. 1219)(referred to in this 
        resolution as the ``Treaty'');
            (2) encourages the Government of the United Mexican States 
        to fulfill the commitment to annually deliver a minimum of 
        350,000 acre-feet of water to the United States;
            (3) is deeply concerned that farmers in south Texas are 
        experiencing water shortages;
            (4) supports negotiations to ensure more predictable and 
        reliable water deliveries to the United States; and
            (5) encourages renewed commitments to ensure that the 
        United States receives annual deliveries of at least 350,000 
        acre-feet of water under the Treaty.
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