other lands, or interests in lands, owned and held by the United States in connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of any such project, or properties not owned by the United States; (b) to enter into contracts with the owners of the said properties whereby they undertake to acquire any, or all, property needed for said relocation, or to perform any, or all, work involved in said relocations; and (c) for the purpose of effecting completely said relocations, to convey, or exchange Government properties acquired or improved under clause (a) of this section, with or without improvements, or other properties owned and held by the United States in connection with the construction or operation and maintenance of said project, or to grant term or perpetual easements therein or thereover. Grants or conveyances hereunder shall be by instruments executed by the Secretary of State without regard to provisions of law governing the patenting of public lands. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title I, § 101, 64 Stat. 846.) SHORT TITLE Congress in enacting sections 277d-1 to 277d-9 of this title provided by section 1 of act Sept. 13, 1950, that they should be popularly known as the "American-Mexican Treaty Act of 1950". § 277d-2. Same; construction and maintenance of roads, highways, etc.; housing and other facilities for personnel. The United States Commissioner is authorized to construct, equip, and operate and maintain all access roads, highways, railways, power lines, buildings, and facilities necessary in connection with any such project, and in his discretion to provide housing, subsistence, and medical and recreational facilities for the officers, agents, and employees of the United States, and/or for the contractors and their employees engaged in the construction, operation, and maintenance of any such project, and to make equitable charges therefor, or deductions from the salaries and wages due employees, or from progress payments due contractors, upon such terms and conditions as he may determine to be to the best interest of the United States, the sums of money so charged and collected or deducted to be credited to the appropriation for the project current at the time the obligations are incurred. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title I, § 102, 64 Stat. 846.) § 277d-3. Same; authorization for appropriations; activities for which available; contracts for excess amounts. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for the use of the Commission, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Treaty of February 3, 1944, and other treaties and conventions between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, under which the United States Section operates, and to discharge the statutory functions and duties of the United States Section. Such sums shall be available for construction, operation and maintenance of stream gaging stations, and their equipment and sites therefor; personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; services, including those of attorneys and appraisers, in accordance with the provisions of section 55a of Title 5, at rates for individuals not in excess of $100 per diem and the United States Commissioner is authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, to employ as consultants by contract or otherwise without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and the civil-service laws and regulations, retired personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States, who shall not be required to revert to an active status, and who shall be entitled to receive, as compensation for such temporary service, the difference between the rates of pay established therefor and their retired pay during the period or periods of such temporary employment; travel expense, including, in the discretion of the Commissioner, expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the activities of the Commission which may be necessary for the efficient discharge of the responsibilities of the Commission; hire, with or without personal services, of work animals, and animal-drawn and motor-propelled (including passenger) vehicles and aircraft and equipment; acquisition by donation, purchase, or condemnation, of real and personal property, including expenses of abstracts, certificates of title, and recording fees; purchase of ice and drinking water; inspection of equipment, supplies and materials by contract or otherwise; drilling and testing of foundations and dam sites, by contract if deemed necessary; payment for official telephone service in the field in case of official telephones installed in private houses when authorized under regulations established by the Commissioner; purchase of firearms and ammunition for guard purposes; and such other objects and purposes as may be permitted by laws applicable, in whole or in part, to the United States Section: Provided, That, when appropriations have been made for the commencement or continuation of construction or operation and maintenance of any such project, the United States Commissioner, notwithstanding the provisions of section 665 of Title 31, and sections 11 and 12 of Title 41, or any other law, may enter into contracts beyond the amount actually appropriated for so much of the work on any such authorized project as the physical and orderly sequence of construction makes necessary, such contracts to be subject to and dependent upon future appropriations by Congress. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title I, § 103, 64 Stat. 847.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and the "civil-service laws", referred to in text, are classified to chapters 21 and 12, respectively, of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. § 277d-4. Same; acquisition of properties of Imperial Irrigation District of California. The United States Commissioner, in order to comply with the provisions of articles 12 and 23 of the treaty of February 3, 1944, between the United States and Mexico, relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, is authorized to ct be pat CO2 acquire, in the name of the United States, by purchase or by proceedings in eminent domain, the physical properties owned by the Imperial Irrigation District of California, located in the vicinity of Andrade, California, consisting of the Alamo Canal in the United States, the Rockwood Intake, the Hanlon Heading, the quarry, buildings used in connection with such facilities, and appurtenant lands, and to reconstruct, operate and maintain such properties in connection with the administration of said treaty. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title I, § 104, 64 Stat. 847.) § 277d-5. Same; availability of prior appropriations; restriction to projects agreed to under treaty. Funds heretofore appropriated to the Department of State under the heading "International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico" shall be available for the purposes of sections 277d-1 to 277d-5, of this title: Provided, That authorizations under said sections shall apply only to projects agreed upon by the two Governments in accordance with the treaty of February 3, 1944. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title I, § 105, 64 Stat. 848.) § 277d-6. Douglas-Agua Prieta Sanitation Project; operation by Commission; division of costs; contribution by City of Douglas, Arizona. The Secretary of State is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the conditions provided in this section and section 277d-7 of this title, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate official or officials of the United Mexican States for the operation and maintenance by the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, of the DouglasAgua Prieta sanitation project, located at Douglas, Arizona, and Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, heretofore constructed by the said Commission, which agreement shall contain such provisions relating to a division between the two Governments of the costs of such operation and maintenance, or of the work involved therein, as may be recommended by said Commission and approved by the Government of Mexico and by the Secretary of State on behalf of the Government of the United States: Provided, That no such agreement shall be entered into until the governing body of the city of Douglas, Arizona, has given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of State that it will, so long as such agreement remains in force, contribute an equitable proportion, as determined by the United States Section of said Commission, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, of the costs of such operation and maintenance allocated to the United States. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title II, § 201, 64 Stat. 848.) § 277d-7. Same; authorization for appropriations; availability of prior appropriations; use of moneys received. There is authorized to be appropriated to the United States section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, such sums as may be necessary to defray such costs as may accrue to the United States arising out of any such agreement for the operation and maintenance of such project: Provided, That funds heretofore appropriated to the Department of State under the heading "International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico", shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of this section and section 277d-6 of this title: Provided further, That any moneys received from the United Mexican States under the terms of any such agreement shall be available for expenditure in connection with any appropriations which may be available or which may be made for the purposes of said sections: And provided further, That moneys received from the city of Douglas, Arizona, pursuant to the provisions of said sections shall be available for expenditure in connection with any appropriations which may be available or which may be made available for the purposes of said sections. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title II, § 202, 64 Stat. 848.) § 277d-8. Calexico Mexicali Sanitation Project; operation by Commission; division of costs; contributation by City of Calexico, California. The Secretary of State is authorized, subject to the conditions provided in this section and section 277d-9 of this title, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate official or officials of the United Mexican States for the construction, operation, and maintenance by the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, of a sanitation project for the cities of Calexico, California, and Mexicali, Lower California, Mexico, which agreement shall contain such provisions relating to a division between the two Governments of the cost of such construction and operation and maintenance, or of the work involved therein, as may be recommended by the said Commission and approved by the Government of Mexico and by the Secretary of State on behalf of the Government of the United States: Provided, That no such agreement shall be entered into until the governing body of the city of Calexico, California, has given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of State that, so long as such agreement remains in force, the city of Calexico will contribute an equitable proportion as determined by the United States Section of said Commission, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, of the costs of such construction, operation, and maintenance allocated to the United States. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title III, § 301, 64 Stat. 848.) § 277d-9. Same; authorization for appropriations; availability of prior appropriations; use of moneys received. There is authorized to be appropriated to the United States section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, such sums as may be necessary to defray such costs as may accrue to the United States arising out of any such agreement for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such project: Provided, That funds heretofore appropriated to the Department of State under the heading "International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico", shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of this section and section 277d-8 of this title: Pro vided further, That any moneys received from the United Mexican States under the terms of any such agreement shall be available for expenditure in connection with any appropriation which may be available or which may be made available for the purposes of said sections: And provided further, That moneys received from the city of Calexico, California, pursuant to the provisions of said sections, shall be available for expenditure in connection with any appropriations which may be available or which may be made available for the purposes of said sections. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title III, § 302, 64 Stat. 849.) § 277e. Disposal of lands; issuance of licenses for use of lands; compensation for injured property. The Secretary of State be, and he is, authorized to lease to citizens of the United States any land heretofore or hereafter acquired under any Act, Executive order, or treaty in connection with projects, in whole or in part, constructed or administered by the Secretary of State through the said American Commissioner, or to dispose of such lands to American citizens when no longer needed, subject to applicable regulations under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, by sale at public auction, after thirty days advertisement, at a price not less than that which may be fixed by three disinterested appraisers, to be designated by the Secretary of State, or by private sale, or otherwise, at not less than such appraised value: Provided, That any of such land as shall have been donated to the United States and which is no longer needed may be reconveyed, without cost, to the grantor or his heirs: Provided further, That the lease or disposal of any land pursuant hereto may, in the discretion of the Secretary of State, be subject to reservations in favor of the United States for rightsof-way for irrigation, drainage, river work, and other purposes, and any such disposal may be conditioned upon and made subject to inclusion of such lands in any existing irrigation district in the vicinity of such lands, the proceeds of any such lease or sale to be covered into the Treasury of the United States: And provided further, That, in the discretion of the Secretary of State, and subject to such conditions as he may deem appropriate, conveyances of any other of such lands not needed by the United States may be made to the State to which they lie adjacent or to any similarly situated county, city, or other governmental subdivision of such State, without cost, for use for public purposes. The Secretary of State is further authorized to issue revokable licenses for public or private use for irrigation or other structures or uses not inconsistent with the use of such lands made, or to be made, by the United States, across any lands retained by the United States, and to execute all necessary leases, title instruments, and conveyances, in order to carry out the provisions of this section. Whenever the construction of any project or works undertaken or administered by the Secretary of State through the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, results in the interference with or necessitates the alteration or restoration of constructed and existing irrigation or water-supply structures, sanitary or sewage disposal works, or other structures or physical property belonging to any municipal or private corporation, company, association, or individual, the Secretary of State may cause the restoration or reconstruction of such works, structures, or physical property or the construction of others in lieu thereof or he may compensate the owners thereof to the extent of the reasonable value thereof as the same may be agreed upon by the American Commissioner with such owner. The Secretary of State acting through such officers as he may designate, is further authorized to consider, adjust, and pay from funds appropriated for the project, the construction of which resulted in damages, any claim for damages accruing after March 31, 1937, caused to owners of lands or other private property of any kind by reason of the operations of the United States, its officers or employees, in the survey, construction, operation, or maintenance of any project constructed or administered through the American Commissioner, International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, if such claim for damages does not exceed $1,000 and has been filed with the American Commissioner within one year after the damage is alleged to have occurred, and when in the opinion of the American Commissioner such claim is substantiated by a report of a board appointed by the said Commissioner. 27, 1935, ch. 763, 49 Stat. 906; June 19, 1939, ch. 212, 53 Stat. 841; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 2 (15), 65 Stat. 707). REFERENCES IN TEXT (Aug. The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, referred to in the text, is classified to chapter 11B of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, chapter 10 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, chapter 4 of Title 41, Public Contracts, and chapter 11 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. AMENDMENTS 1951-Act Oct. 31, 1951, inserted the reference to applicable regulations of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, in the text preceding first proviso of first paragraph. 1939-Act June 19, 1939, amended section by adding last paragraph. § 277f. Valley Gravity Canal and Storage Project. The Secretary of State, with the approval of the President, shall designate the features of the Valley Gravity Canal and Storage Project which he deems international in character, and shall direct such changes in the general project plan as he deems advisable with respect to such features; and the features so designated shall be built, after consultation with the Bureau of Reclamation as to general design, by the American section of the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, and shall be operated and maintained by said Commission insofar as their operation and maintenance in such manner is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, necessary because of their international character. The construction, operation, and maintenance of such project shall be pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws, except as hereinbefore provided and except that— DO OF VER isposal berty b (1) In addition to the nonreimbursable allocation to flood control or navigation which may be made by the Secretary of the Interior under section 485h (b) of Title 43, the President, after consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, shall allocate such part of the total estimated cost of the project as he deems proper to the protection of American interests from drought hazards resulting from the uncontrolled and unregulated flow of the international portion of the Rio Grande below Old Fort Quitman, Texas. Provisions of law applicable with respect to allocations to flood control under section 485h (b) of Title 43, shall, insofar as they are not inconsistent with the foregoing provisions, be applicable in like manner with respect to any allocation made under this subparagraph; and (2) All revenues received by the United States in connection with the construction, operation, and maintenance of such projects shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. (June 28, 1941, ch. 259, § 1, 55 Stat. 338.) § 278. Gorgas Memorial Laboratory; location; contributions by Latin-American Governments; administration. There is authorized to be permanently appropriated for each year, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed the sum of $150,000, to be paid to the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as the Gorgas Memorial Institute), for the maintenance and operation by it, of a laboratory to be known as the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory, upon condition (1) that the necessary building or quarters for said laboratory shall be constructed within the five years next ensuing after sections 278-278b of this title shall become a law, either upon the site offered by the Republic of Panama therefor, at, or adjacent to, the city of Panama, or upon a site in the Canal Zone to be provided by the United States; (2) that each of the Latin-American Governments be invited and permitted to contribute annually, on a pro rata basis, according to population, toward the maintenance and operation of such laboratory, the total of such contributions not to exceed 75 per centum of the total contributed by the United States; and (3) that in such manner as the President may determine the United States be represented permanently on the board or council directing the administration of such laboratory, with privilege to the Latin-American Governments contributing as aforesaid to have representation on such board or council; all such representation to be based upon, and in proportion to, the actual respective contributions made to the aforesaid maintenance and operation. (May 7, 1928, ch. 505, § 1, 45 Stat. 491; July 1, 1948, ch. 787, 62 Stat. 1213.) AMENDMENTS 1948-Act July 1, 1948, amended section by increasing the annual appropriation from $50,000 to $150,000. ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ACTS Annual appropriations were contained in the following Department of State Appropriation Acts: 1952-July 10, 1952, ch. 651, title I, § 101, 66 Stat. 550. 1951-Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 533, title I, § 101, 65 Stat. 577. 1950-Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. II, title I, § 101, 64 Stat. 610. 1949-July 20, 1949, ch. 354, title I, § 101, 63 Stat. 449. 1948-June 3, 1948, ch. 400, title I, § 101, 62 Stat. 308. 1947-July 9, 1947, ch. 211, title I, § 101, 61 Stat. 282. 1946-July 5, 1946, ch. 541, title I, 60 Stat. 453. 1945-May 21, 1945, ch. 129, title I, 59 Stat. 175. 1944 June 28, 1944, ch. 294, title I, 58 Stat. 402. 1943-July 1, 1943, ch. 182, title I, 57 Stat. 278. 1942-July 2, 1942, ch. 472, title I, 56 Stat. 474. 1941-June 28, 1941, ch. 258, title I, 55 Stat. 271. 1940-May 14, 1940, ch. 189, title I, 54 Stat. 187. 1939-June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title I, 53 Stat. 891. 1938-Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, title I, 52 Stat. 253. 1937-June 16, 1937, ch. 359, title I, 50 Stat. 267. 1936-May 15, 1936, ch. 405, title I, 49 Stat. 1315. 1935-Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, title I, 49 Stat. 73. 1934- Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 104, title I, 48 Stat. 534. 1933-Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 144, title I, 47 Stat. 1376. 1932-July 1, 1932, ch. 361, title I, 47 Stat. 485. 1931-Feb. 23, 1981, ch. 280, title I, 46 Stat. 1309. 1930-Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, title I, 46 Stat. 173. 1929-Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, title I, 45 Stat. 1094. CROSS REFERENCES Gorgas Hospital, see sections 301, 302 of Title 24, Hospitals, Asylums, and Cemeteries. § 278a. Annual report to Congress; examination of books and accounts. The Gorgas Memorial Institute shall make to Congress annually, on the first Monday in December, a full report of the operation and work of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory up to the first of November next preceding, and shall include therewith a complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of said laboratory for such fiscal year. The books and accounts of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory shall at all times be open to examination by the Comptroller General of the United States. (May 7, 1928, ch. 505, § 3, 45 Stat. 491.) § 278b. Time of report to Congress. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 278a of this title, the report of the operation and work of the laboratory, including the statement of the receipts and expenditures, shall be made to Congress during the first week of each regular session thereof, such a report to cover a fiscal year period ending on June 30 of the calendar year immediately preceding the convening of each such session. (June 28, 1944, ch. 294, title I, § 1, 58 Stat. 402.) SIMILAR PROVISIONS The text of this section was taken from Department of State Appropriation Act, 1945. Similar provisions were contained in the following acts: 1943-July 1, 1943, ch. 182, title I, § 1, 57 Stat. 277. UNITED STATES FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION § 279. United States membership in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The President is authorized to accept membership for the United States in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as the "Organization") the Constitution of which is set forth in appendix I of the First Report to the Governments of the United Nations by the Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture, dated August 1, 1944. (July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 1, 59 Stat. 529.) CROSS REFERENCES Bretton Woods Agreement Act, see section 286-286k of this title. § 279a. Appropriations for payment of United States expenses in Organization. There is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum not exceeding $625,000 during the first fiscal year of the Organization and sums not exceeding $2,000,000 annually thereafter as may be required for expenditure under the direction of the Secretary of State, for the payment by the United States of its proportionate share in the expenses of the Organization. (July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 2, 59 Stat. 529; Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 976, § 1 (b), 64 Stat. 902.) AMENDMENTS 1950 Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950, increased the authorized annual appropriation from $1,250,000 to $2,000,000. SIMILAR PROVISIONS Similar provisions were contained in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, act July 5, 1946, ch. 541, title I, § 101, 60 Stat. 453. LIMITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS Contributions by United States, except for special projects, limited to amount provided by Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950, consent by State Department and reports to Congress, see section 262a of this title. § 279b. Integration of International Institute of Agriculture with Organization. In adopting sections 279-279d of this title, it is the sense of the Congress that the Government of the United States should use its best efforts to bring about, as soon as practicable, the integration of the functions and the resources of the International Institute of Agriculture with those of the Organization, in a legal and orderly manner, to effect one united institution in such form as to provide an adequate research, informational, and statistical service for the industry of agriculture. (July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 3, 59 Stat. 530.) §279c. Congressional authority necessary for acceptance of new obligations in Organization. Unless Congress by law authorizes such action, neither the President nor any person or agency shall on behalf of the United States accept any amendment under paragraph 1 of article XX of the Constitution of the Organization involving any new obligation for the United States. (July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 4, 59 Stat. 530.) § 279d. Limitation on power of Conference to impose new obligations on United States. In adopting sections 279-279d of this title the Congress does so with the understanding that paragraph 2 of article XIII does not authorize the Conference of the Organization to so modify the provisions of its Constitution as to involve any new obligation for the United States. (July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 5, 59 Stat. 530.) SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION § 280. Representation in South Pacific Commission; appointment of commissioners and alternates. The President is authorized to accept membership for the United States in the South Pacific Commission, created by the Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission, signed on February 6, 1947, at Canberra, Australia, by delegates representing the Governments of Australia, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, and to appoint the United States Commissioners, and their alternates, thereto. (Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38, § 1, 62 Stat. 15.) PURPOSE OF COMMISSION In defining the purposes of act Jan. 28, 1948, Congress stated that: "Whereas delegates representing the Governments of Australia, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America attended the South Seas Conference held at Canberra, Australia, and signed an 'Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission' on February 6, 1947; and "Whereas the purpose of the South Pacific Commission is to encourage and strengthen international cooperation in promoting the economic and social welfare and advancement of the non-self-governing territories in the South Pacific in accordance with the principles set forth in Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations, thereby contributing to the maintenance of international peace and security: Therefore be it” § 280a. Definitions. When used in sections 280-280c of this title(1) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of State; (2) the term "Government agency" means any department, independent establishment, or other agency of the Government of the United States, or any corporation wholly owned by the Government of the United States; and (3) the term "Commission" means the South Pacific Commission. (Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38, § 2, 62 Stat. 15.) § 280b. Appropriations. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated (a) Not more than $75,000 annually for the payment by the United States of its proportionate share of the expenses of the Commission and its auxiliary and subsidiary bodies, as set forth in article XIV of the Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Commission; (b) Such additional sums as may be needed for the payment of all necessary expenses incident to participation by the United States in the activities of the Commission, including salaries of the United States Commissioners, their alternates, and appropriate staff, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1949; personal services in the District of Columbia; services as authorized by section 55a of Title 5; under such rules and |