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[CITE: 22USC277g]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
       SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
 
Sec. 277g. Agreements to correct pollution of Rio Grande


(a) In general

    The Secretary of State, acting through the United States 
Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States 
and Mexico (hereafter in sections 277g to 277g-3 of this title referred 
to as the ``Commissioner''), is authorized to conclude agreements with 
the appropriate representative of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of 
Mexico for the purpose of correcting the international problem of 
pollution of the Rio Grande caused by discharge of raw and inadequately 
treated sewage and other wastes into such river from the border cities 
including but not limited to Ciudad Acuna, Nuevo Laredo, and Reynosa, 
Mexico, and Del Rio, Laredo, and Hidalgo, Texas.

(b) Content of agreements

    Agreements concluded under subsection (a) of this section should 
consist of recommendations to the Governments of the United States and 
Mexico of measures to protect the health and welfare of persons along 
the Rio Grande from the effects of pollution, including--
        (1) facilities that should be constructed, operated, and 
    maintained in each country;
        (2) estimates of the cost of plans, construction, operation, and 
    maintenance of the facilities referred to in paragraph (1);
        (3) formulas for the initial division between the United States 
    and Mexico of the cost of plans, constructions, operation, and 
    maintenance of the facilities referred to in paragraph (1);
        (4) a method for review and adjustment of the formulas referred 
    to in paragraph (3) at intervals of five years which recognizes that 
    such initial formulas should not be used as a precedent in their 
    subsequent review and adjustment; and
        (5) dates for the beginning and completion of construction of 
    the facilities referred to in paragraph (1).

(Pub. L. 100-465, Sec. 2, Oct. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 2272.)


                               Short Title

    Pub. L. 100-465, Sec. 1, Oct. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 2272, provided 
that: ``This Act [enacting this section and sections 277g-1 to 277g-3 of 
this title] may be cited as the `Rio Grande Pollution Correction Act of 
1987'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 277g-1, 277g-2, 277g-3 of 
this title.
