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Pub. L. 94-579; § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 

 2792.) 



Amendments 



1976 — Pub. L. 94-579 repealed paragraph (c), deal- 

 ing with Presidential authority to withdraw lands 

 from public disposition, except for the proviso. 



1936 — Act May 22, 1936, Inserted "paragraph (2) of sec- 

 tion 277a". 



g 277d. Funds received from Mexico ; expenditure. 



Any moneys contributed by or received from the 

 United Mexican States for the purpose of cooperat- 

 ing or assisting in carrying out the provisions of 

 sections 277 to 277d of this title shall be available for 

 expenditure in connection with any appropriation 

 which may be made for the purposes of such sec- 

 tions. . (May 13, 1924, ch. 153, § 5, as added Aug. 19. 

 1935, ch. 561, 49 Stat. 660.) 



§277d-l. Authorizations for Mexican treaty projects; 

 acquisition of lands for relocation purposes; con- 

 tracts and conveyances. 



The Secretary of State, acting through the United 

 States Commissioner, International Boundary and 

 Water Commission, United States and Mexico 

 (herein referred to as the "Commission"), in con- 

 nection with any project under the jurisdiction of 

 the United States Section, International Boundary 

 and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, 

 is authorized: (a) to purchase, or condemn, lands, 

 or interests in lands, for relocation of highways, 

 roadways, railroads, telegraph, telephone, or electric 

 transmission lines, or any other properties whatso- 

 ever, the relocation of which. In the Judgment of 

 Uie said Commissioner, Is necessitated by the con- 

 struction or operation and maintenance of any such 

 project, and to perform any or all work involved In 

 said relocations on said lands, or interests in lands, 

 other lands, or interests In lands, owned and held 

 by the United States In connection with the con- 

 struction or operation and maintenance of any such 

 project, or properties not owned by the United 

 States; (b) to enter Into contracts with the owners 

 of the said properties whereby they undertake to 

 acquire any, or all, property needed for said reloca- 

 tion, or to perform any. or all, work Involved In said 

 relocations; and (c) for the purpose of effecting 

 completely said relocations, to convey, or exchange 

 Government properties acquired or improved under 

 clause (a) of this section, with or without Improve- 

 ments, or other properties owned and held by the 

 United States in connection with the construction 

 or operation and maintenance of said project, or to 

 grant term or perpetual easements therein or there- 

 over. Grants or conveyances hereunder shall be by 

 instruments executed by the Secretary of State 

 without regard to provisions of law governing the 

 patenting of public lands. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, 

 title I. § 101, 64 Stat. 846.) 



§277d-2. Same; construction and maintenance of 

 roads, highways, etc; housing and other facilities 

 for personnel. 



The United States Commissioner is authorized to 

 construct, equip, and operate and maintain all access 

 roads, highways, railways, power lines, buildings. 



and facilities necessary in connection with any such 

 project, and in his discretion to provide housing, 

 subsistence, and medical and recreational facilities 

 for the ofiQcers, agents, and employees of the United 

 States, and/or for the contractors and their em- 

 ployees engaged in the construction, operation, and 

 maintenance of any such project, and to make equi- 

 table charges therefor, or deductions from the sala- 

 ries and wages due employees, or from progress 

 payments due contractors, upon such terms and con- 

 ditions as he may determine to be to the best interest 

 of the United States, the sums of money so charged 

 and collected or deducted to be credited to the ap- 

 propriation for the project current at the time the 

 obligations are incurred. (Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948. 

 Utle I, § 102, 64 Stat. 846.) 



§277d-3. Same; authorization for appropriations; ac- 

 tivities for which available; contracts for excess 

 amounts. 



There u. j hereby authorized to be appropriated to 

 the Deparcment of State for the use of the Commis- 

 sion, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 

 appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to 

 carry out the provisions of the Treaty of February 3, 

 1944. and other treaties and conventions between the 

 United States of America and the United Mexican 

 States, under which the United States Section oper- 

 ates, and to discharge the statutory functions and 

 duties of the United States Section. Such sums 

 shall be available for construction, operation and 

 maintenance of stream gaging stations, and their 

 equipment and sites therefor; per.sonal services and 

 rent In the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 

 services. Including those of attorneys and appraisers, 

 in accordance with the provisions of section 55a of 

 Title 6, at rates for Individuals not In excess of $100 

 per dlem and the United States Commissioner is 

 authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of any 

 other Act, to employ as consultants by contract or 

 otherwise without regard to chapter 51 and subchap- 

 ter m of chapter 53 of Title 5, and the civil-service 

 laws and regulations, retired personnel of the Armed 

 Forces of the United States, who shall not be required 

 to revert to an active status; travel expense, includ- 

 ing. In the discretion of the Commissioner, expenses 

 of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned 

 with the activities of the Commission which may 

 be necessary for the efficient discharge of the 

 responsibilities of the Commission; hire, with 

 or without personal services, of work animals, 

 and animal-drawn, and motor-propelled (includ- 

 ing passenger) vehicles and aircraft and equip- 

 ment; acquisition by donation, purchase, or con- 

 demnation, of real and personal pror>erty. In- 

 cluding expenses of abstracts, certificates of title, 

 and recording fees; purchase of ice and drinking 

 water; inspection of equipment, supplies and mate- 

 rials by contract or otherwise; drilling and testing 

 of foundations and dam sites, by contract if deemed 

 necessary; payment for official telephone service in 

 the field in case of official telephones installed in 

 private houses when authorized under regulations 

 established by the Commissioner; purchase of fire- 

 arms and ammunition for guard purposes; and such 

 other objects and purposes as may be permitted by 



