[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5025]
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  SA 2746. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1291. LIMITATION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO MEXICO UNTIL 
                   MEXICO PROVIDES WATER PURSUANT TO TREATY 
                   OBLIGATIONS.

       (a) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than February 15, 2025, and 
     annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     a report regarding deliveries of water by Mexico pursuant to 
     the Treaty relating to the Utilization of Waters of the 
     Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed at 
     Washington February 3, 1944 (9 Bevans 1166), between the 
     United States and Mexico (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Treaty'').
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include--
       (A) a determination of whether Mexico has, during the 
     calendar year preceding the submission of the report, 
     delivered to the United States 350,000 acre-feet of water; 
     and
       (B) an assessment of Mexico's capabilities for delivering 
     1,750,000 acre-feet of water by the final year of the five-
     year cycle described in the Treaty within which the previous 
     calendar year fell.
       (b) Limitation on Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--If the Secretary does not submit the 
     report required by subsection (a) by February 15 of a 
     calendar year or makes a negative determination under 
     subsection (a)(2)(A), the President--
       (A) may implement all of the measures described in 
     paragraph (2); and
       (B) shall implement at least one of such measures.
       (2) Measures described.--The measures described in this 
     paragraph are the following:
       (A) A prohibition on the United States Agency for 
     International Development obligating or expending funds for 
     programs for private sector productivity in Mexico.
       (B) A prohibition on the Trade and Development Agency 
     obligating or expending funds for grantees in Mexico or for 
     missions with delegations from Mexico.
       (C) A limitation on assistance to Mexico, such that not 
     more than 85 percent of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available for assistance for Mexico may be obligated or 
     expended, other than funds made available to counter the flow 
     of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, xylazine, and other 
     synthetic drugs into the United States.
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