To authorize the Secretary of State, acting through the Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, to conclude agreements with the appropriate representative of the Government of Mexico to correct pollution along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Authorizes the Secretary of State, acting through the U.S. Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission, to conclude agreements with the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mexico to correct the problem of pollution along the U.S.-Mexican border caused by discharge of raw and inadequately treated sewage and other pollution related problems along the border. Declares that such agreements should consist of recommendations to the U.S. and Mexican Governments of measures to protect the health and welfare of persons along the border from the effects of pollution. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, to act jointly with the appropriate representative of the Mexican Government to supervise the planning, construction, and operation of facilities recommended in agreements. Authorizes appropriations.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 6 August 1993

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