[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 158 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4763-S4764]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 379--EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS 
    REQUIRED TO ENCOURAGE THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO TO FULFILL WATER 
  DELIVERIES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE TREATY 
    BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MEXICO RESPECTING THE 
UTILIZATION OF WATERS OF THE COLORADO AND TIJUANA RIVERS AND OF THE RIO 
                                 GRANDE

  Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 379

       Whereas the Treaty between the United States of America and 
     Mexico respecting the utilization of waters of the Colorado 
     and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed at 
     Washington February 1944 (59 Stat. 1219), commits the 
     Government of the United Mexican States to deliver to the 
     United States a minimum of 350,000 acre-feet of water 
     annually, measured in 5-year cycles requiring 1,750,000 acre-
     feet of water to be delivered;
       Whereas the Government of the United Mexican States has 
     repeatedly failed to deliver the required minimum of 350,000 
     acre-feet of water annually and 1,750,000 acre-feet of water 
     during each 5-year cycle; and
       Whereas such failures have contributed to water shortages 
     for farmers in south Texas: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) supports relations between United States diplomats and 
     officials at the United States Section of the International 
     Boundary and Water Commission and counterparts in the United 
     Mexican States to secure compliance by the Government of the 
     United Mexican States with the Treaty between the United 
     States of America and Mexico respecting the utilization of 
     waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio 
     Grande, signed at Washington February 1944 (59 Stat. 
     1219)(referred to in this resolution as the ``Treaty'');
       (2) encourages the Government of the United Mexican States 
     to fulfill the commitment to annually deliver a minimum of 
     350,000 acre-feet of water to the United States;
       (3) is deeply concerned that farmers in south Texas are 
     experiencing water shortages;
       (4) supports negotiations to ensure more predictable and 
     reliable water deliveries to the United States; and

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       (5) encourages renewed commitments to ensure that the 
     United States receives annual deliveries of at least 350,000 
     acre-feet of water under the Treaty.

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