SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ENGAGEMENT WITH MEXICO UNTIL 
MEXICO PROVIDES WATER PURSUANT TO 
TREATY OBLIGATIONS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
regarding deliveries of water by Mexico pursuant to 
the Treaty relating to the Utilization of Waters of 
the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio 
Grande, signed at Washington February 3, 1944 (9 
Bevans 1166), between the United States and Mex-
ico (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Treaty’’). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) a determination of whether Mexico 
has, during the calendar year preceding the 
submission of the report, delivered to the 
United States a minimum of 350,000 acre-feet 
of water; 
(B) an assessment of Mexico’s capabilities 
for delivering 1,750,000 acre-feet of water by 
the final year of the five-year cycle described in 
the Treaty; and 
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(C) an identification of significant eco-
nomic sectors or activities in Mexico that are 
situated in, or substantially dependent upon, ir-
rigation districts that benefit from— 
(i) water delivered to Mexico by the 
United States; or 
(ii) the 6 tributaries of the Rio 
Grande from which Mexico is obligated to 
deliver water pursuant to the Treaty. 
(b) LIMITATION ON ENGAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, in a report required by 
subsection (a), the Secretary makes a negative deter-
mination under paragraph (2)(A) of that subsection, 
the President— 
(A) shall deny all non-Treaty requests by 
Mexico; and 
(B) may limit or terminate engagement 
with the Government of Mexico related to the 
sectors or activities in Mexico identified under 
subsection (a)(2)(C), other than engagement to 
counter the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl precur-
sors, xylazine, and other synthetic drugs into 
the United States. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation described in 
paragraph (1)(A) shall not apply to a non-Treaty re-
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quest by Mexico if the Secretary submits to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress, not later than 
120 days after the submission of the report de-
scribed in paragraph (1), and every 120 days there-
after, a certification that— 
(A) the water delivered through such chan-
nels— 
(i) will be used exclusively to address 
an ongoing ecological, environmental, or 
humanitarian emergency; and 
(ii) will not be used for— 
(I) municipal purposes; 
(II) industrial purposes; 
(III) normal water supply needs; 
(IV) water infrastructure defi-
ciencies; or 
(V) maintenance work; and 
(B) fulfilling the request is vital to the na-
tional interests of the United States. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; and 
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(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) NON-TREATY REQUEST.—The term ‘‘non- 
Treaty request’’ means an emergency request for 
special delivery channels for the delivery of water 
made pursuant to any current or future Minute of 
the International Boundary and Water Commission 
based on the principles established in Commission 
Minute No. 240, entitled ‘‘Emergency Deliveries of 
Colorado River Waters for Use in Tijuana’’, dated 
June 13, 1972, as subsequently amended and ex-
tended, most recently by Commission Minute No. 
327, entitled ‘‘Emergency Deliveries of Colorado 
River Waters For Use In the City of Tijuana, Baja 
California’’, dated January 28, 2022. 
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