§ 277d-17. — Chamizal boundary settlement; investigations relating to river channel; acquisition of lands; relocation of facilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC277d-17]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
Sec. 277d-17. Chamizal boundary settlement; investigations
relating to river channel; acquisition of lands; relocation of
facilities
In connection with the convention between the United States of
America and the United Mexican States for the solution of the problem of
the Chamizal, signed August 29, 1963, the Secretary of State, acting
through the United States Commissioner, International Boundary and Water
Commission, United States and Mexico, is authorized--
a. to conduct technical and other investigations relating to:
the demarcation or monumentation of the boundary between the United
States and Mexico; flood control; water resources; sanitation and
prevention of pollution; channel relocation, improvement, and
stabilization; and other matters related to the new river channel.
b. to acquire by donation, purchase, or condemnation, all lands
required--
(1) for transfer to Mexico as provided in said convention;
(2) for construction of that portion of the new river
channel and the adjoining levee in the territory of the United
States;
(3) for relocation of highways, roadways, railroads,
telegraph, telephone, electric transmission lines, bridges,
related facilities, and any publicly owned structure or
facility, the relocation of which, in the judgment of the said
Commissioner, is necessitated by the project.
c. For the purpose of effecting said relocations--
(1) to perform any or all work involved in said relocations;
(2) to enter into contracts with the owners of properties to
be relocated whereby they undertake to acquire any or all
properties needed for said relocations, or undertake to perform
any or all work involved in said relocations;
(3) to convey or exchange properties acquired or improved by
the United States under sections 277d-17 to 277d-25 of this
title or under said convention, with or without improvements, or
to grant term or perpetual easements therein or thereover.
(Pub. L. 88-300, Sec. 1, Apr. 29, 1964, 78 Stat. 184.)
Codification
Section is comprised of part of section 1 of Pub. L. 88-300.
Remainder of section 1 is set out as a Short Title note below.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 88-300 provided in part: ``That this Act
[enacting this section and sections 277d-18 to 277d-25 of this title]
may be cited as the `American-Mexican Chamizal Convention Act of
1964'.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 277d-18, 277d-22, 277d-24,
277d-25 of this title.
