[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4601]
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SA 1249. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. Murray
(for herself and Ms. Collins) to the bill H.R. 4366, making
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. ADVANCING EFFORTS SEEKING COMPLIANCE BY MEXICO WITH
TREATY ON UTILIZATION OF WATERS OF THE COLORADO
AND TIJUANA RIVERS AND OF THE RIO GRANDE.
The Secretary of State shall use the voice, vote,
diplomatic capital, and resources of the United States to
ensure that United States diplomats and officials of the U.S.
Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission
are able to advance efforts seeking compliance by the United
Mexican States with the Treaty on Utilization of Waters of
the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed
at Washington February 3, 1944, and to establish
understandings to provide predictable and reliable future
deliveries of water by the United Mexican States.
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