Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§277d–13 Authorization for international storage dam on the Rio Grande
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION › § 277d–13
Summary
The Secretary of State may, through the U.S. Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, agree with Mexican officials under the February 3, 1944 treaty. They may jointly build, operate, and maintain a major Rio Grande storage dam as described in minute 207 (June 19, 1958) and the September 1958 report.
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Title 22, §277d–13
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The Secretary of State, acting through the United States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, is hereby authorized to conclude with the appropriate official or officials of the Government of Mexico an agreement for the joint construction, operation, and maintenance by the United States and Mexico, in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of February 3, 1944, with Mexico, of a major international storage dam on the Rio Grande at the site and having substantially the characteristics described in minute numbered 207 adopted June 19, 1958, by the said Commission, and in the “Rio Grande International Storage Dams Project—Report on Proposed Dam and Reservoir” prepared by the United States Section of the said Commission and dated September 1958.
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22 U.S.C. § 277d–13
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73