INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO For expenses necessary to enable the United States to meet its obligations under the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, 1906, 1933, [and] 1944, and 1963 between the United States and Mexico, and to comply with the other laws applicable to the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, including operation and maintenance of the Rio Grande rectification, canalization, flood control, bank protection, water supply, power, irrigation, boundary demarcation, and sanitation projects; detailed plan preparation and construction (including surveys and operation and maintenance and protection during construction); Rio Grande emergency flood protection; expenditures for the purposes set forth in sections 101 through 104 of the Act of September 13, 1950 (22 U.S.C. 277d-1-277d-4); purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; purchase of planographs and lithographs; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by the Act of September 1, 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2131); and leasing of private property to remove therefrom sand, gravel, stone, and other materials, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 5); as follows: (Department of State Appropriation Act, 1965.) 40 Appropriation............ 46 Proposed transfer from "Contributions to international organizations," due to civilian pay increases.. 715 785 815 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders. 1963, $9 thousand (1964 adjustments, $1 thousand): 1964, $12 thousand; 1965, $12 thousand; 1966, $12 thousand. 1. General administration.-Activities include negotiations and supervision of joint projects with Mexico to solve international problems, over-all control of the operations of the United States Section of the Commission, formulation of operating policies and procedures, and financial management to carry out international obligations of the United States, pursuant to treaty and congressional authorization. 2. General engineering. This provides for (a) supervision of measurement and determination of the national ownership of boundary waters, (b) technical engineering guidance and supervision of the planning, construction, and operation of international projects, and (c) studies relating to international problems of a continuing nature. 3. Project investigations. Preliminary investigations are made to determine the need for and feasibility of joint projects for the solution of international problems arising along the boundary. The proposed program for 1966 includes the following investigations: (a) Settlement of boundary disputes, (b) Tijuana River development, (c) Santa Cruz River development, (d) Lower Rio Grande salinity problem, (e) review of proposed solutions to the CONSTRUCTION For detailed plan preparation and construction of projects authorized by the convention concluded February 1, 1933, between the United States and Mexico, the Acts approved August 19, 1935, as amended (22 U.S.C. 277-277f), August 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 961), June 4, 1936 (49 Stat. 1463), June 28, 1941 (22 U.S.C. 277f), September 13, 1950 (22 U.S.C. 277d-1-9), and the projects stipulated in the treaty between the United States and Mexico signed at Washington on February 3, 1944, [$8,000,000 $13,883,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no expenditures shall be made for the Lower Rio Grande flood-control project for construction on any land, site, or easement in connection with this project except such as has been acquired by donation and the title thereto has been approved by the Attorney General of the United States: Provided further, That the Anzalduas diversion dam shall not be operated for irrigation or water supply purposes in the United States unless suitable arrangements have been made with the prospective water users for repayment to the Government of such portions of the costs of said dam as shall have been allocated to such purposes by the Secretary of State. [For an additional amount for "International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, Construction", $300,000.] (Department of State Appropriation Act, 1965) (Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1965) Program by activities: 1. Rio Grande international dams program: (b) Falcon dam and power plant.. Falcon dam claims.. 2. Lower Rio Grande flood control: (a) Improvement program. 3. Rio Grande gaging stations.. 4. Douglas-Agua Prieta sanitation.. 5. Nogales sanitation....... 7. Tijuana Valley sanitation... 8. Lower Colorado River clearing Total program costs, funded.... 6. Indemnification to State of New Mexico. 1,000 21 Unobligated balance available, start of year.. 24 Unobligated balance available, end of year.. 41 Transferred to "Operating expenses, Public Buildings Service," General Services Administration (77 Stat. 436 and 78 Stat. 655) ....... 43 Appropriation (adjusted).. 1. Rio Grande international dams program.-Construction of Amistad Dam, the second major international storage structure on the Rio Grande contemplated by the 1944 Water Treaty, will be continued in 1966. An amount is also requested for settlement of damage claims arising from operation of Falcon Dam and Reservoir. 2. Lower Rio Grande flood control.-Mexico is continuing to investigate the feasibility of control structures on certain of its tributaries to the Lower Rio Grande. Pending completion of these studies, which could permit rectification of the main channel of the Lower Rio Grande and abandonment of interior floodways and levee works, all except certain minor but urgently needed works are being deferred. No funds are requested for 1966, as work will be financed with the unobligated balance of prior year funds. |