Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§277d–31 Authorization of appropriations

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION › § 277d–31

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Provides money for the U.S. share of building, running, and keeping up drainage canal projects under the related agreement. Up to $690,000 may be provided for construction. After construction, up to $25,000 a year may be provided for operation and maintenance, based on estimated calendar year 1976 costs and adjusted up or down each year for ordinary cost changes.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §277d–31

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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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1977 AmendmentAmendment 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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

22 U.S.C. § 277d–31

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73