[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2307 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2307

  To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress reports on 
                       water sharing with Mexico.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2013

 Mr. Vela (for himself and Mr. Conaway) 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 to Congress reports 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Working to Address Treaty 
Enforcement Rapidly for Texas Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS ON WATER SHARING WITH MEXICO.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a 
report--
            (1) not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, and quarterly thereafter, describing efforts by 
        Mexico to meet the treaty obligations of Mexico to deliver 
        water to the Rio Grande, in accordance with the treaty between 
        the United States and Mexico entitled ``Utilization of Waters 
        of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande'' 
        (done at Washington, February 3, 1944); and
            (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, and annually thereafter, describing the benefits to 
        the United States of the document entitled ``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 
        Number 319'')).
    (b) Action by Secretary of State.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of State shall not extend Minute Number 
319 if the Secretary fails to comply with the requirements of this Act.
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