PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

If the required international agreement is made, the Commissioner may build, run, and maintain flood-control works in the United States that follow the U.S. section’s report on the Rio Grande, Presidio Valley. Congress may provide money to the Department of State for the U.S. section to do this work, but no funds can be used on land unless it was taken under the treaty for other purposes or donated, and donated land must have its title approved under the Attorney General’s rules.

Title 22, §277d–42

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

If an agreement is concluded pursuant to section 277d–41 of this title, the Commissioner is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain flood control works located in the United States having substantially the characteristics described in “Report on the Flood Control Project Rio Grande, Presidio Valley, Texas”, prepared by the United States section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; and there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for the use of the United States section of the Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of title II of this Act. No part of any appropriation under this section shall be expended for flood control works on any land, site, or easement unless such land, site, or easement has been acquired under the treaty for other purposes or by donation and, in the case of a donation, the title thereto has been approved in accordance with existing rules and regulations of the Attorney General of the United States.

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 II of this Act enacted section 277d–41 and 277d–42 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

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

§277d–42 Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of Flood Control Works; Authorization of Appropriations; Restrictions