Official Summaries

This bill authorizes the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (USIBWC) to accept funds to study, design, construct, operate, or maintain wastewater treatment works, water conservation projects, or flood control works, and related structures. The USIBWC is a federal government agency and the U.S. component of the International Boundary and Water Commission, which applies the boundary and water treaties of the United States and Mexico and settles differences that may arise in their application.

The USIBWC may not provide credit towards the nonfederal share of project costs, or reimbursement, to nonfederal entities in an amount that exceeds $5 million in any fiscal year.

Further, the USIBWC may not accept funds from any nonfederal entity that (1) is domiciled in, headquartered in, or organized under the laws of a foreign country of concern (e.g., China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran); or (2) has in place any agreement with a foreign country of concern.

Any funds accepted by the USIBWC must be deposited into the account titled International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1948 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1948


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 2025

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                               Relations

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                                 AN ACT


 
To authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to accept 
funds for activities relating to wastewater treatment and flood control 
                     works, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION AUTHORITY.

    (a) Authorization.--The Commission is authorized to accept funds 
from a Federal or non-Federal entity, including through a grant or 
funding agreement, to study, design, construct, operate, or maintain 
wastewater treatment works, water conservation projects, or flood 
control works, and related structures, consistent with the functions of 
the Commission.
    (b) Deposit.--Any funds accepted by the Commission under this 
section shall be deposited into the account in the Treasury of the 
United States entitled ``International Boundary and Water Commission, 
United States and Mexico'' and shall be available until expended to 
carry out the activities described in subsection (a).
    (c) Limitations.--
            (1) Limit on reimbursement.--The Commission may not provide 
        credit towards the non-Federal share of the cost of a project, 
        or reimbursement, to non-Federal entities for funds accepted 
        under this section in an amount that exceeds a total of 
        $5,000,000 in any fiscal year.
            (2) Source of funds.--The Commission may not accept funds 
        under this section from any non-Federal entity--
                    (A) that is domiciled in, headquartered in, or 
                organized under the laws of, or the principal place of 
                business of which is located in, a foreign country of 
                concern; or
                    (B) that has in place any agreement with a foreign 
                country of concern.
    (d) Report.--Not later than the last day of each fiscal year, the 
Commission shall submit to the Committees on Foreign Relations and 
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and 
Infrastructure and Appropriations of the House of Representatives a 
report on the funds accepted under this section that includes a 
description of--
            (1) the activities carried out with such funds; and
            (2) costs associated with such activities.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the United 
        States Section of the International Boundary and Water 
        Commission, United States and Mexico.
            (2) Foreign country of concern.--The term ``foreign country 
        of concern'' has the meaning given that term in section 10638 
        of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 19237).

            Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.