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Show RIO GRANDE, COLORADO, TIJUANA TREATY 483 States for any decreases in power production at Hoover and Glen Canyon dams caused by the loan. (T1AS 6082; 17 U.S.T. 1202) , Salinity control, Rio Grande.-The Act of September 19,1966 (80 Stat. 808) authorized conclusion of an agreement with Mexico for construction of "a drainage conveyance canal through Mexican terri- tory for the discharge of waters of El Morillo and other drains * * * into the Gulf of Mexico," the costs thereof to be shared equally by the two countries. The Act required the Secretary of State, before enter- ing into the agreement, to have assurance that 50 percent of the United States' share of the costs would be returned to the Treasury by private citizens or a responsible local group. For a brief description of the project, see 54 Department of State Bulletin 118 (1966). On Febru- ary 10, 1967, the President announced that the Mexican and United States governments had approved the recommendations of the Inter- national Boundary and Water Commission with respect to this project. See 56 ibid. 428 (1967). Flood control, Tijuana River.-The Act of October 10, 1966 (80 Stat. 884) authorized an agreement to be concluded with Mexico for construction of an international flood control project on the Tijuana River. On July 6, 1967, the President announced that the agreement had been concluded. It calls, among other things, for channelization of the Tijuana and for moving it, in the United States, to a location just north of the international boundary. When completed the works will protect Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego and Imperial Beach, California, from flooding. The United States' portion of the cost of the work was estimated at $15,400,000 (current prices), of which the Federal share is $10,900,000 and the local share $4,500,000. The con- struction is to be undertaken by the International Boundary and Water Commission. See 57 Department of State Bulletin 147 (1967) . |
