§ 277d-15. — Integration of operation of dam with other United States water conservation activities.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 22USC277d-15]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
Sec. 277d-15. Integration of operation of dam with other United
States water conservation activities
If a dam is constructed pursuant to an agreement concluded under the
authorization granted by section 277d-13 of this title, its operation
for conservation and release of United States share of waters shall be
integrated with other United States water conservation activities on the
Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, in such manner as to provide the
maximum feasible amount of water for beneficial use in the United States
with the understandings that (a) releases of United States share of
waters from said dam for domestic, municipal, industrial, and irrigation
uses in the United States shall be made pursuant to order by the
appropriate authority or authorities of the State of Texas, and (b) the
State of Texas having stipulated that the amount of water that will be
available for use in the United States below Falcon Dam after the
proposed dam is placed in operation will be not less than the amount
available under existing conditions of river development, and to carry
out such understandings and said stipulation the conservation storage of
said dam shall be used, and it shall be the exclusive responsibility of
the appropriate authority or authorities of said State to distribute
available United States share of waters of the Rio Grande in such manner
as will comply with said stipulation.
(Pub. L. 86-605, Sec. 3, July 7, 1960, 74 Stat. 360.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 277d-16 of this title; title
16 section 460fff-1.
