(2) FUNDING.—If the Secretary enters into an 
agreement under paragraph (1), the organization se-
lected shall— 
(A) for each fiscal year, receive amounts to 
carry out this section in an advance payment of 
the entire amount on October 1 of that fiscal 
year or as soon as practicable thereafter; 
(B) invest and reinvest those amounts for 
the benefit of the program; and 
(C) otherwise administer the implementa-
tion of this section to support partnerships be-
tween the public and private sectors in accord-
ance with this section. 
(g) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of a project for which a grant is provided under this sec-
tion may not exceed 55 percent of the total cost of the 
project. 
(h) PRIORITY.—In selecting projects to receive assist-
ance under the program, the Secretary shall give priority 
to projects with matching funds from State and local gov-
ernments or Mexican governments. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
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SEC. 5. MONITORING AND NOTIFICATIONS. 
(a) TRANSBOUNDARY WATERWAY ALERT SYSTEM.— 
Using the systems of the International Boundary and 
Water Commission, United States and Mexico, the Sec-
retary of State shall establish an updated and online sys-
tem, to be known as the ‘‘Transboundary Waterway Alert 
System’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘System’’), to 
monitor, warn, and protect citizens of the United States 
from undue and avoidable harm from wastewater, sewage, 
trash, and sediment spills and flooding for each major wa-
terway along the United States-Mexico border. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the System shall 
be to monitor all the waterways along the United States- 
Mexico border— 
(1) to ensure updated and timely information 
on all water testing results, wastewater, sewage, 
trash, and sediment spills, and flood warnings; and 
(2) to ensure that such information is accessible 
and readily available to the public and government 
officials on the internet. 
(c) PARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary of State may 
enter into cooperative agreements with institutions of 
higher education and Mexican governments for the estab-
lishment and management of the System. 
(d) NOTIFICATION.— 
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(1) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
MEXICAN
GOVERN-
MENTS.—The Secretary of State shall submit a dip-
lomatic note to its Mexican counterparts to provide 
information of a wastewater, sewage, trash, or sedi-
ment spill in the Tijuana River Valley upon the ini-
tial discovery of the spill. 
(2) NOTIFICATION OF UNITED STATES LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS.—The Secretary of State, acting 
through the United States Commissioner, Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission, United 
States and Mexico, shall notify the city of San 
Diego, the city of Imperial Beach, and the county of 
San Diego upon initial discovery of a wastewater, 
sewage, trash, or sediment spill in the Tijuana River 
Valley. 
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