[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1863 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1863

 To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on water sharing 
                              with Mexico.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2013

Mr. Vela (for himself and Mr. O'Rourke) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on water sharing 
                              with Mexico.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON WATER SHARING.

    Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
Congress a report on--
            (1) efforts by Mexico to meet its treaty deliveries of 
        water to the Rio Grande in accordance with the Treaty between 
        the United States and Mexico Respecting Utilization of waters 
        of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande (done 
        at Washington, February 3, 1944); and
            (2) the benefits to the United States of the Interim 
        International Cooperative Measures in the Colorado River Basin 
        through 2017 and Extension of Minute 318 Cooperative Measures 
        to Address the Continued Effects of the April 2010 Earthquake 
        in the Mexicali Valley, Baja, California (done at Coronado, 
        California, November 20, 2012; commonly referred to as ``Minute 
        No. 319'').
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