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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9960 
To require the United States Section of the International Boundary and 
Water Commission to obtain input from stakeholders when drafting cer-
tain minutes relating to the Rio Grande, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2024 
Ms. DE LA CRUZ (for herself, Mr. ARRINGTON, and Ms. GRANGER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the United States Section of the International 
Boundary and Water Commission to obtain input from 
stakeholders when drafting certain minutes relating to 
the Rio Grande, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Delivery Trans-
parency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STAKEHOLDER INPUT FOR DRAFTING OF CERTAIN 
IBWC MINUTES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In drafting any minute relating 
to the covered treaty, the Commission shall obtain input 
from stakeholders, including agricultural producers, gov-
ernment entities, and irrigation districts in Texas, relating 
to such minute. 
(b) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.— 
(1) PUBLIC FORUMS.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Commission 
shall— 
(i) hold at least 5 public forums with 
the stakeholders described in subsection 
(a) during the input period; and 
(ii) ensure that at least 3 of such fo-
rums are held in the Rio Grande Valley of 
Texas. 
(B) SCHEDULE.—At the onset of drafting 
a minute described in subsection (a), the Com-
mission shall set a schedule for the public fo-
rums required under subparagraph (A). 
(C) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 
days before holding the first forum with stake-
holders required under subparagraph (A), the 
Commission shall make the schedule set pursu-
ant to subparagraph (B) publicly available. 
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(2) ONLINE SUBMISSION PORTAL.—The Com-
mission shall establish, and make publicly available, 
an online submission portal through which stake-
holders may submit input relating to a minute de-
scribed in subsection (a) during the input period. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the Commission holds the first forum pursuant 
to subsection (b)(1), the Commission shall make publicly 
available a report that includes— 
(1) a summary of all input received from stake-
holders during the input period; and 
(2) an executive summary describing how the 
Commission interprets and plans to use such input 
when drafting a minute described in subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the United States Section of the Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission, United 
States and Mexico. 
(2) COVERED
TREATY.—The term ‘‘covered 
treaty’’ means the portion of the Treaty on Utiliza-
tion of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers 
and of the Rio Grande, signed at Washington Feb-
ruary 3, 1944, that relates to the shared waters of 
the Rio Grande. 
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(3) INPUT PERIOD.—The term ‘‘input period’’ 
means the period of time beginning on the date on 
which the Commission holds the first forum pursu-
ant to subsection (b)(1) and ending 60 days after 
such date. 
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