Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§277d–35 Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Works; Property Relocation, Contracts; Transfer of Authority

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER IV — INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION › § 277d–35

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commissioner may build, run, and take care of the projects listed in the treaty and in Title I of the Act. The Commissioner can make deals with property owners who must move, letting those owners do the moving work while the United States pays the costs. The Commissioner can also give the job of running and maintaining any of these projects, in whole or in part, to another federal agency or to a state, county, city, district, or other local government, and set the rules for that transfer.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §277d–35

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The Commissioner is authorized—

(1)to construct, operate, and maintain all works provided for in the treaty and title I of this Act;

(2)to enter into contracts with the owners of properties to be relocated whereby such owners undertake to perform, at the expense of the United States, any or all operations involved in such relocations; and

(3)to turn over the operation and maintenance of any works referred to in paragraph (1) of this section to any Federal agency, or any State, county, municipality, district, or other political subdivision within which such works may be situated, in whole or in part, upon such terms, conditions, and requirements as the Commissioner may deem appropriate.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 92–549, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1161, known as the “American-Mexican Boundary Treaty Act of 1972”. Title I of this Act enacted sections 277d–34 to 277d–40 of this title and amended section 1322 of Title 19, Customs Duties. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 277d–34 of this title and Tables.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 277d–35

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102