22 U.S.C. § 277d–34: American-Mexican Boundary…

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Allows the Secretary of State, through the U.S. Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, to carry out the U.S.-Mexico treaty signed November 23, 1970. It lets the Commissioner study technical matters about the Rio Grande and Colorado River borders, maritime limits in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, water resources, and pollution. The Commissioner may acquire land by gift, purchase, or eminent domain to transfer to Mexico, build new U.S. channels and levees, stop works that would block or change river flow, or move structures when needed. The Commissioner may also fix or pay for harm to Mexico caused by U.S. works the Commission finds harmful.

Title 22, §277d–34

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In connection with the treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States to resolve pending boundary differences and maintain the Rio Grande and the Colorado River as the international boundary between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, signed November 23, 1970, (hereafter in this Act referred to as the “treaty”), the Secretary of State, acting through the United States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States, and Mexico (hereafter in this Act referred to as the “Commissioner”), is authorized—

(1)to conduct technical and other investigations relating to—

(A)the demarcation, mapping, monumentation, channel relocation, rectification, improvement, stabilization, and other matters relating to the preservation of the river boundaries between the United States and Mexico;

(B)the establishment and delimitation of the maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Pacific Ocean;

(C)water resources; and

(D)the sanitation and the prevention of pollution;

(2)to acquire by donation, purchase, or condemnation, all lands or interests in lands required—

(A)for transfer to Mexico as provided in the treaty;

(B)for construction of that portion of new river channels and the adjoining levees in the territory of the United States;

(C)to preserve the Rio Grande and the Colorado River as the boundary by preventing the construction of works which may cause deflection or obstruction of the normal flow of the rivers or of their floodflows; and

(D)for relocation of any structure or facility, public or private, the relocation of which, in the judgment of the Commissioner, is necessitated by the project; and

(3)to remove, modify, or repair the damages caused to Mexico by works constructed in the United States which the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, as determined have an adverse effect on Mexico, or to compensate Mexico for such damages.

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This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 92–549, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1161, which enacted sections 277d–34 to 277d–42 of this title and amended section 1322 of Title 19, Customs Duties. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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Pub. L. 92–549, § 1, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1161, provided: “That this Act [enacting this section and sections 277d–35 to 277d–42 of this title and amending section 1322 of Title 19, Customs Duties] may be cited as the ‘American-Mexican Boundary Treaty Act of 1972’.”

§277d–34 American-mexican Boundary Treaty, Authorization for Carrying Out Treaty Provisions; Investigations; Land Acquisition, Purposes; Damages, Repair or Compensation

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Title 22, §277d–34

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