Sec. 423. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
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## SEC. 423 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION ###
(a)Authorization To Receive Payments Section 2 of the American-Mexican Chamizal Convention Act of 1964 (Public Law 88–300; 22 U.S.C. 277d–18) is amended— ####
(1)by inserting “(a)” before “The”; and ####
(2)by adding at the end the following new subsections: > > ### “(b) > > The United States Commissioner is authorized to receive payments of money from public or private sources in the United States or Mexico made for the purpose of sharing in the cost of replacement of the Bridge of the Americas which crosses the Rio Grande between El Paso, Texas, and Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such payments of money shall be credited to any appropriation to the Commission which is currently available. Funds received under this subsection shall be available only for the replacement of such bridge. > > > ### “(c) > > The authority of subsection
(b)may be exercised only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.” > . ###
(b)Expenditures for Water Pollution Problems Title I of the Act of June 20, 1956 (70 Stat. 302, 22 U.S.C. 277d–12), is amended in the fourth undesignated paragraph under the heading “international boundary and water commission, united states and mexico” by striking “Tijuana Rivers,” and all that follows before the period and inserting “Tijuana Rivers, or other streams running across or near the boundary, and for taking emergency actions, consistent with the emergency provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act, to protect against health threatening surface and ground water pollution problems along the United States-Mexico boundary”. ###
(c)Falcon and Amistad Dams Maintenance Fund Section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255, as amended by the Act of December 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 475) is amended to read as follows: > > ## “Sec. 2 > > > ###
(a)> > A separate fund, known as the ‘Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Maintenance Fund’), shall be created in the Treasury of the United States. The Maintenance Fund shall be administered by the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration for use by the Commissioner of the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to defray operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams. > > > ### “(b) > > All revenues collected in connection with the disposition of electric power generated at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, except those revenues paid pursuant to subsection
(d)to the general fund of the Treasury of the United States, shall be credited to the Maintenance Fund and shall remain available until expended for defraying operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the dams. > > > ### “(c) > > The authority of subsection
(b)may be exercised only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. > > > ### “(d) > > Revenues in the Maintenance Fund in excess of operation, maintenance, and emergency needs shall be paid annually to the general fund of the Treasury of the United States to return the costs of replacements and the original investments, with interest. > > > ### “(e) > > All moneys received from the Government of Mexico for any energy which might be delivered to that Government by the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission pursuant to any special agreement concluded in accordance with Article 19 of the said Treaty shall be credited to the general fund of the Treasury of the United States.” > .
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- Pub. L. 88-300
- 22 USC 277d–18
- 70 Stat. 302
- 22 USC 277d–12
- 68 Stat. 255
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Sec. 423
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
Pub. L.Pub. L. 88-300
Cite22 USC 277d–18
Stat.70 Stat. 302
Cite22 USC 277d–12
Stat.68 Stat. 255
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