§ 277a. — Investigations of commission; construction of works or projects.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC277a]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
Sec. 277a. Investigations of commission; construction of works
or projects
The Secretary of State, acting through the American Commissioner,
International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, is further
authorized to conduct technical and other investigations relating to the
defining, demarcation, fencing, or monumentation of the land and water
boundary between the United States and Mexico, to flood control, water
resources, conservation, and utilization of water, sanitation and
prevention of pollution, channel rectification, stabilization, drainage
of transboundary storm waters, and other related matters upon the
international boundary between the United States and Mexico; and to
construct and maintain fences, monuments and other demarcations of the
boundary line between the United States and Mexico, and sewer systems,
water systems, and electric light, power and gas systems crossing the
international border, and to continue such work and operations through
the American Commissioner as are now in progress and are authorized by
law.
The President is authorized and empowered to construct, operate, and
maintain on the Rio Grande River below Fort Quitman, Texas, any and all
works or projects which are recommended to the President as the result
of such investigations and by the President are deemed necessary and
proper.
(May 13, 1924, ch. 153, Sec. 2, 43 Stat. 118; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 381,
Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 1403; Aug. 19, 1935, ch. 561, 49 Stat. 660; Pub. L.
101-246, title IV, Sec. 412(b)(2), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 70.)
Amendments
1990--Pub. L. 101-246 inserted reference to drainage of
transboundary storm waters.
1935--Act Aug. 19, 1935, amended section generally.
1927--Act Mar. 3, 1927, increased appropriation from $20,000 to
$50,000.
Change of Name
International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico,
American section, to which powers, duties, and functions of
International Water Commission, United States and Mexico, American
section, were transferred by act June 30, 1932, ch. 314, Sec. 510, 47
Stat. 417, reconstituted as International Boundary and Water Commission
by Water Treaty of 1944.
Repeals
Act Mar. 3, 1927, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by
Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 647.
Water Resources Planning
Jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives of the International Boundary
and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, unaffected by Water
Resources Planning Act, see section 1962-1 of Title 42, The Public
Health and Welfare.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 277c, 277d of this title.
