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 Article X 



IMPLEMENTATION 



1. The obligations undertaken in this Agreement shall be subject to 

 the appropriation of funds in accordance with the constitutional pro- 

 cedures of the Parties. 



2. The Parties commit themselves to seek : 



(a) The approj^riation of the funds required to implement this 

 Agreement, including the funds needed to develop and imple- 

 ment the programs and other measures provided for in Article V, 

 and the funds required by the International Joint Commission to 

 carry out its responsibilities effectively ; 



(b) The enactment of any additional legislation that may be 

 necessary in order to implement the programs and other measures 

 provided for in Article V ; 



(c) The cooperation of the State and Provincial Governments 

 in all matters relating to this Agreement. 



Article XI 



EXISTING RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS 



Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to diminish the rights 

 and obligations of the Parties as set forth in the Boundary Waters 

 Treaty. 



Article XII 



AMENDMENT 



This Agreement and the Annexes thereto may be amended by agree- 

 ment of the Parties. The Annexes may also be amended as provided 

 therein, subject to the requirement that such amendments shall be 

 within the scope of this Agreement. 



Article XIII 



entry into force AND TERMINATION 



This Agreement shall enter into force upon signature by the duly 

 authorized representatives of the Parties, and shall remain in force 

 for a period of five years and thereafter until terminated upon twelve 

 months' notice given in writing by one of the Parties to the other. 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Kepresentatives of the two Gov- 

 ernments have signed this Agreement. 



DONE in two copies at Ottawa this fifteenth day of April 1972 in 

 English and French, each version being equally authentic. 



Richard Nixon, 

 William P, Rogers, 

 For the Government of the United States of America. 



P. E. Trudeau, 

 Mitchell Sharp, 

 For the Government of Canada. 



