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Show or along the boundary between the United States and Mexico, and over certain matters and problems of an international character arising on or affecting the said boundary, by virtue of treaties in force between the two nations, and by virtue of Acts of Congress, and e. WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the Reclamation Law and other Acts of Congress pertaining to the investigation, conservation and utilization of the water resources of the United States, has been, and from time to time in the future may be authorized to construct and to operate and maintain certain facilities wholly in the United States for the storage and conveyance of water, flood control, production of hydroelectric power and for other purposes, which facilities primarily pertain to the functions of the Department of the Interior, but, some of the facilities, in consequence of the treaty, will in part also pertain to treaty functions; and f. WHEREAS, the Bureau of Reclamation (hereinafter referred to as the "Bureau") is an agency of the Department of the Interior which aids and assists the Secretary of the Interior in the performance of his responsibilities and functions pursuant to the Reclamation Law and other Acts of Congress pertaining to the investigation, conservation and utilization of the water resources of the United States; and g. WHEREAS, in order that all international and domestic obligations and functions prescribed by the treaty and domestic law may be coordinated and fulfilled in the manner contemplated by the protocol, it is mutually desirable to define and set forth the specific jurisdiction and functions to be exercised by the Department of State and the United States Section, and the Department of the Interior and its agency, the Bureau, with respect to the operation and maintenance of such existing works as may be necessary in whole or in part to the fulfillment of treaty provisions, or which may be constructed, operated and maintained pursuant thereto, and with respect to the gathering and collation of certain information and data and the making of certain findings of fact and recommendations which may become necessary or desirable in the fulfillment of treaty provisions; and to define the cooperation between the said Interior agency and the United States Section as contemplated by the protocol in the performance of functions under their respective jurisdiction; Now, therefore, it is agreed as follows: 1. The principles enunciated in this memorandum and in the protocol and hereinabove in recital c set forth shall control with respect to all facilities or works which now exist and which are to be used in whole or in part in the discharge of treaty functions, or which may hereafter be constructed pursuant to the treaty in relation to the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, and the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers, even though 116 |