§ 277d-6. — DouglasAgua Prieta Sanitation Project; operation by Commission; division of costs; contribution by City of Douglas, Arizona.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC277d-6]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
Sec. 277d-6. Douglas-Agua Prieta Sanitation Project; operation
by Commission; division of costs; contribution by City of
Douglas, Arizona
The Secretary of State is authorized, notwithstanding any other
provision of law and subject to the conditions provided in this section
and section 277d-7 of this title, to enter into an agreement with the
appropriate official or officials of the United Mexican States for the
operation and maintenance by the International Boundary and Water
Commission, United States and Mexico, of the Douglas-Agua Prieta
sanitation project, located at Douglas, Arizona, and Agua Prieta,
Sonora, Mexico, heretofore constructed by the said Commission, which
agreement shall contain such provisions relating to a division between
the two Governments of the costs of such operation and maintenance, or
of the work involved therein, as may be recommended by said Commission
and approved by the Government of Mexico and by the Secretary of State
on behalf of the Government of the United States: Provided, That no such
agreement shall be entered into until the governing body of the city of
Douglas, Arizona, has given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of
State that it will, so long as such agreement remains in force,
contribute an equitable proportion, as determined by the United States
Section of said Commission, subject to the approval of the Secretary of
State, of the costs of such operation and maintenance allocated to the
United States.
(Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title II, Sec. 201, 64 Stat. 848.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 277d-7 of this title.
