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states of America and the United Mexican States 

 to resolve pending boundary differences and main- 

 tain the Rio Grande and the Colorado River as the 

 international boimdary between the United States 

 of America and the United Mexican States, signed 

 November 23. 1970 (hereafter in this Act referred 

 to as the "treaty"), the Secretary of State, acting 

 through the United States Commissioner, Interna- 

 tional Boundary and Water Commission, United 

 States, and Mexico (hereafter in this Act referred 

 to as the "Commissioner"), is authorized — 



(1) to conduct technical and other Investiga- 

 tions relating to — 



(A) the demarcation, mapping, monumenta- 

 tlon, channel relocation, rectification. Improve- 

 ment, stabilization, and other matters relating 

 to the preservation of the river boundaries be- 

 tween the United States and Mexico; 



(B) the establishment and delimitation of 

 the maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Mexico 

 and in the Pacific Ocean; 



(C) water resources; and 



(D) the sanitation and the prevention of 

 pollution; 



(2) to acquire by donation, purchase, or con- 

 demnation, all lands or interests in lands 

 required — 



(A) for transfer to Mexico as provided in 

 the treaty; 



(B) for construction of that portion of new 

 river channels and the adjoining levees in the 

 territory of the United States; 



(C) to preserve the Rio Grande and the 

 Colorado River as the boundary by preventing 

 the construction of works which may cause de- 

 flection or obstruction of the normal flow of 

 the rivers or of their floodflows; and 



(D) for relocation of any structure or fa- 

 cility, public or private, the relocation of which. 

 In the judgment of the Commissioner, is neces- 

 sitated by the project; and 



(3) to remove, modify, or repair the damages 

 caused to Mexico by works constructed in the 

 United States which the International Boundary 

 and Water Commission, United States and Mex- 

 ico, as determined have an adverse effect on Mex- 

 ico, or to compensate Mexico for such damages. 



(Pub. L. 92-549, title I, § 101, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 

 1161.) 



§277d-39. Same: Hidalgo-Reynosa lands; administra- 

 tion; part of national wildlife refuge system. 



Upon transfer of sovereignty from Mexico to the 

 United States of the 481.68 acres of land acquired 

 by the United States from Mexico near Hidalgo- 

 Reynosa, administration over the portion of that 

 land which is determined by the Commissioner not 

 to be required for the construction and maintenance 

 of the relocated river channel shall be assumed by 

 the Department of the Interior: and the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, is author- 

 ized to plan, establish, develop, and administer such 

 portion of the acquired lands as a part of the na- 

 tional wildlife refuge system. (Pub. L. 92-549, title I, 

 § 106, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1162.) 



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§277d-41. American-Mexican Boundary Treaty, Pre- 

 sidio flood control project; authorization of flood- 

 control agreement. 



The Secretary of State, acting through the Com- 

 missioner, is hereby authorized to conclude with the 

 appropriate oflBcial or o£Bcials of the Government of 

 Mexico an agreement for a coordinated plan by the 

 United States and Mexico for international flood 

 control works for protection of lands along the inter- 

 national section of the Rio Grande in the United 

 States and in Mexico in the Presldio-Ojinaga Valley. 

 (Pub. L. 92-549, title II, 5 201, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 

 1163.) 



§277d-42. Same; construction, operation, and mainte- 

 nance of flood control works; authorization of 

 appropriations; restrictions. 



If an agreement is concluded pursuant to section 

 277d^l of this title, the Commissioner is authorized 

 to construct, operate, and maintain flood control 

 works located in the United States having substan- 

 tially the characteristics described in "Report on the 

 Flood Control Project Rio Grande, Presidio Valley, 

 Texas", prepared by the United States section. In- 

 ternational Boundary and Water Commission, 

 United States and Mexico; and there are hereby au- 

 thorized to be appropriated to the Department of 

 State for the use of the United States section of the 

 Commission such simis as may be necessary to 

 carry out the provisions of section 277d-41 of this 

 title and this section. No part of any appropriation 

 under this section shall be expended for flood con- 

 trol works on any land, site, or easement unless such 

 land, site, or easement has been acquired under the 

 treaty for other purposes or by donation and. In the 

 case of a donation, the title thereto has been ap- 

 proved in accordance with existing rules and regu- 

 lations of the Attorney General of the United States. 

 (Pub. L. 92-549, title n, § 202, Oct. 25. 1972, 86 Stat. 

 1163.) 



10. Klamath Forest National Wildlife Refuge 

 25 U.S.C. 564d, 564w-l 



§564d. Management specialists; employment; duties; 

 authorization of expenditures. 



(a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to 

 select and retain by contract, at the earliest prac- 



ticable time after August 13, 1954 and after consul- 

 tation with the tribe at a general meeting called 

 for that purpose, the services of qualified manage- 

 ment specialists who shall — 



