Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§277d–8 Calexico Mexicali Sanitation Project; Operation by Commission; Division of Costs; Contribution by City of Calexico, California

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER IV — INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION › § 277d–8

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State may make an agreement with Mexican officials to have the International Boundary and Water Commission build, operate, and maintain a sanitation project for Calexico, California, and Mexicali, Mexico, under the conditions required by the law. The agreement must set how the two governments share the costs, follow the Commission’s recommendation and both governments’ approval, and Calexico must promise to pay a fair share of the U.S. costs as set by the U.S. Section of the Commission and approved by the Secretary of State for as long as the agreement lasts.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §277d–8

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The Secretary of State is authorized, subject to the conditions provided in this section and section 277d–9 of this title, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate official or officials of the United Mexican States for the construction, operation, and maintenance by the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, of a sanitation project for the cities of Calexico, California, and Mexicali, Lower California, Mexico, which agreement shall contain such provisions relating to a division between the two Governments of the cost of such construction and operation and maintenance, or of the work involved therein, as may be recommended by the said Commission and approved by the Government of Mexico and by the Secretary of State on behalf of the Government of the United States: Provided, That no such agreement shall be entered into until the governing body of the city of Calexico, California, has given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of State that, so long as such agreement remains in force, the city of Calexico will contribute an equitable proportion as determined by the United States Section of said Commission, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, of the costs of such construction, operation, and maintenance allocated to the United States.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 277d–8

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102