operation and maintenance and protection during construction). Rio Grande emergency flood protection; expenditures for the pur poses 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, 1963.)

Number of employees at end of year.
Average salary of ungraded positions

3

Proposed supplemental due to pay increases..

6230

$11,750

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

General and special funds:

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES
AND MEXICO

The Commission consists of a U.S. section, with head-
quarters at El Paso, Tex., and a Mexican section, with
head of an
headquarters at Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, and has the
status of an

Appropriation...-.

1961, $4 thousand; 1962, $8 thousand; 1963, $5 thousand; 1964, $5 thousand.
1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders.

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 policies and procedures, and financial management to carry out international obligations of the United States, pursuant to treaty and congressional

authorization.

by the United States and Mexico to provide a practical guidance and supervision of the planning, construction,

means for solving mutual boundary problems.

2. General engineering.-This provides for: (a) supervision of measurement and determination of the national ownership of boundary waters; (b) technical engineering and operation of international projects; and (c) studies relating to international problems of a continuing nature. solution of international problems arising along the 3. Project investigations.-Preliminary investigations are made to determine the feasibility of joint projects for the the other laws applicable to the United States Section, International boundary. The proposed program for 1964 includes including operation and maintenance of the Rio Grande rectifica- boundary disputes; (b) Tijuana River development; Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, investigations of the following projects: (a) Settlement of

For expenses necessary to enable the United States to meet its under the treaties of 1884, 1889, 1905, 1906, 1933, and obligatitween the United States and Mexico, and to comply with

tion, canalization, flood control, bank protection, water supply, power, irrigation, boundary demarcation, and sanitation projects detailed plan preparation and construction (including surveys and

(c) Rio Grande-Fort Quitman to Upper Presidio; (d) Santa Cruz River development; (e) Lower Rio Grande

1. Rio Grande international dams program.-Preliminary work for the Amistad Dam, the second major international storage dam on the Rio Grande contemplated by the 1944 Water Treaty, was initiated in 1962 and will continue in 1964. Final plans and specifications for the structure will be sufficiently complete to permit award of the initial construction contract in early 1964. The feasibility of including hydroelectric power generating facilities in the project has been established and the 1964 estimates provide for award of contracts for design of the powerplant and manufacture of turbines and generators.

2. Lower Rio Grande flood control.--Mexico is now investigating 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 1964, as work will be financed with the unobligated balance of prior year funds.

3. Rio Grande gaging stations.—Improvements to water measurement facilities of the gaging stations on the Rio Grande will continue to be made to provide a higher degree of accuracy in measuring river flows for accounting of national ownership of waters in the river.

4. Douglas-Agua Prieta sanitation project.--The U.S. share of the cost for expanding the Douglas-Agua Prieta international sewage treatment plant is funded in 1964. 5. Nogales sanitation project.-Funds are provided in 1964 to initiate work for expansion of the Nogales international disposal works.

6. Indemnification to the State of New Mexico for loss of bridge.-Payment of a claim, approved by the Attorney General, will be made in 1964 to the State of New Mexico for loss of a bridge.

Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

ALLOCATION TO DEFENSE-CIVIL,
ARMY

Total number of permanent positions.
Average number of all employees..
Number of employees at end of year.
Average GS grade..

8852

86

106

90

3

3

2

97

106

89

92

100

87

5.7

6.3

6.5

$5,445

$5,935

$6,108

AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

For expenses necessary to enable the President to perform the obligations of the United States pursuant to treaties between the United States and Great Britain, in respect to Canada, signed January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448), and February 24, 1925 (44 Stat. 2102), the treaty between the United States and Canada, signed February 27, 1950, including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); hire of passenger motor vehicles; [$415,000] $500,000, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State, and to be available also for additional expenses of the American Sections, International Commissions, as hereinafter set forth:

International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, the salary of one Commissioner on the part of the United States who shall serve at the pleasure of the President (the other Commissioners to serve in that capacity without compensation therefor); salaries of clerks and other employees appointed by the Commissioners on the part of the United States with the approval solely of the Secretary of State; travel expenses and compensation of witnesses in attending hearings of the Commission at such places in the United States and Canada as the Commission or the American Commissioners shall determine to be necessary; and special and technical investigations in connection with matters falling within the Commission's jurisdiction: Provided, That transfers of funds may be made to other agencies of the Government for the performance of work for which this appropriation is made.

International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, the completion of such remaining work as may be required under the award of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and the existing treaties between the United States and Great Britain; commutation of subsistence to employees while on field duty, not to exceed $8 per day each (but not to exceed $5 per day each when a member of a field 21 party and subsisting in camp); hire of freight and passenger motor vehicles from temporary field employees; and payment for timber necessarily cut in keeping the boundary line clear. (Department of State Appropriation Act, 1963.)

2020

1964 estimate

532

562

39

12

6

13

3

25 Other services__

272

131

35

Services of other agencies..

26 Supplies and materials.

36

31 Equipment...-.

58

32 Lands and structures..

8,931

Subtotal..

42 Insurance claims and indemnities.

43 Interest and dividends..

Deduct quarters and subsistence charges..

Total, International Commissions................

ALLOCATION TO DEFENSE-CIVIL,
ARMY