§ 277g. — Agreements to correct pollution of Rio Grande.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[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.
