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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§277d–18 Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Works; Bridge of the Americas

Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter IV— INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION › § 277d–18

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The U.S. Commissioner may build, operate, and maintain the projects called for by the convention and in sections 277d–17 to 277d–25. The Commissioner can also transfer operation and upkeep to any federal, state, county, city, district, or local government on terms the Commissioner decides. The Commissioner may accept public or private payments from the U.S. or Mexico to help pay for operating, maintaining, or replacing the Bridge of the Americas (Rio Grande between El Paso, Texas, and Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua). Those payments must be credited to a current Commission appropriation, used only to replace that bridge, and accepted only to the extent Congress provides in advance in appropriation Acts.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §277d–18

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(a)The United States Commissioner is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain all works provided for in said convention and sections 277d–17 to 277d–25 of this title, and to turn over the operation and maintenance of any such works to any Federal agency, or any State, county, municipality, district, or other political subdivision within which such project or works may be in whole or in part situated, upon such terms, conditions, and requirements as the Commissioner may deem appropriate.
(b)The United States Commissioner is authorized to receive payments of money from public or private sources in the United States or Mexico made for the purpose of sharing in the cost of operations, maintenance, and replacement of the Bridge of the Americas which crosses the Rio Grande between El Paso, Texas, and Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such payments of money shall be credited to any appropriation to the Commission which is currently available. Funds received under this subsection shall be available only for the replacement of such bridge.
(c)The authority of subsection (b) may be exercised only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1999—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–113 inserted “operations, maintenance, and” after “cost of”. 1994—Pub. L. 103–236 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 277d–18

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60