[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1338 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1338

     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
 appropriations in each of fiscal years 1996-2001 for the construction 
of wastewater treatment works to provide water pollution control in or 
               near the United States-Mexico border area.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 1995

  Mr. Pastor (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. Bryant of 
    Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
 appropriations in each of fiscal years 1996-2001 for the construction 
of wastewater treatment works to provide water pollution control in or 
               near the United States-Mexico border area.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Mexico Border Water 
Pollution Control Act''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER POLLUTION CONTROL.

    Title V of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1361 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section:

``SEC. 520. UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER POLLUTION CONTROL.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to protect the 
economy, public health, environment, surface water, ground water, and 
water quality of the United States-Mexico border area which is 
endangered and is being polluted by raw or partially treated sewage, in 
furtherance of the goals of the Agreement Between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican 
States Concerning the Establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation 
Commission and a North American Development Bank (signed November 16 
and 18, 1993) and this Act.
    ``(b) Limitations on Statutory Construction.--This section shall 
not be construed--
            ``(1) to affect or impair the provisions of any 
        international agreement of the United States; or
            ``(2) to affect or impair any Federal legislation 
        applicable to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, 
        the North American Development Bank, or the International 
        Boundary and Water Commission, the United States and Mexico.
    ``(c) Financial Assistance for Wastewater Treatment Works.--The 
Administrator is authorized to provide financial and other assistance 
to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, any appropriate 
Federal, State, or local governmental entity, and the International 
Boundary and Water Commission, the United States and Mexico, subject to 
such terms and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate, for 
planning, design, and construction of wastewater treatment works for 
the purposes specified in section (a). Such wastewater treatment works 
shall be located, regardless of the place of origin or ultimate 
destination of the wastewater, in the United States-Mexico border area 
(or near the United States-Mexico border areas they would remedy a 
transboundary environmental or health problem) and shall be planned, 
designed, and constructed in accordance with any applicable 
international agreement to which the United States is a party.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act $100,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000 and $22,000,000 for fiscal year 
2001.''.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER AREA DEFINED.

    Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1362) is amended by adding the following:
    ``(21) The term `United States-Mexico border area' has the meaning 
the term `border area' has under Article 4 of the Agreement Between the 
United States of America and the United Mexican States on Cooperation 
for the Protection and Improvement of the Environment in the Border 
Area (signed August 14, 1993, and commonly known as the `La Paz 
Agreement').''.
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