[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8940 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8940

To require the United States Commissioner of the International Boundary 
and Water Commission to negotiate an agreement with Mexico relating to 
   the number of aliens detained in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2022

Mrs. Lesko (for herself, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the United States Commissioner of the International Boundary 
and Water Commission to negotiate an agreement with Mexico relating to 
   the number of aliens detained in the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Protecting our Border, Protecting 
our Water Act''.

SEC. 2. NEGOTIATION AUTHORITY.

    The Secretary of State, acting through the United States 
Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, shall 
seek to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to 
enter into an agreement with Mexico providing that for each alien (as 
such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) apprehended in a State that is a signatory to the 
Colorado River Compact who the Secretary certifies to the Government of 
Mexico entered unlawfully across the southern international border of 
the United States, the Government of Mexico shall agree to forfeit one 
acre-foot of water rights to such signatory State.
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