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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 273 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing support for the diplomatic relations required to encourage the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Government of Mexico to fulfill its water deliveries on an annual basis |
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| 7 | 7 | | to the United States under the treaty between the United States and |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mexico regarding the utilization of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers |
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| 9 | 9 | | and of the Rio Grande. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | MARCH31, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ms. D |
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| 13 | 13 | | ELACRUZsubmitted the following resolution; which was referred to |
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| 14 | 14 | | the Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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| 15 | 15 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Expressing support for the diplomatic relations required to |
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| 17 | 17 | | encourage the Government of Mexico to fulfill its water |
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| 18 | 18 | | deliveries on an annual basis to the United States under |
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| 19 | 19 | | the treaty between the United States and Mexico regard- |
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| 20 | 20 | | ing the utilization of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers |
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| 21 | 21 | | and of the Rio Grande. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Whereas the treaty between the United States and Mexico re- |
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| 23 | 23 | | garding the utilization of the Colorado and Tijuana Riv- |
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| 24 | 24 | | ers and of the Rio Grande, signed at Washington, Feb- |
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| 25 | 25 | | ruary 1944 (59 Stat. 1219), commits the Government of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Mexico to send an average of not less than 350,000 acre- |
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| 27 | 27 | | feet of water annually over a 5-year cycle to the United |
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| 28 | 28 | | States; |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HRES 273 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas Mexico repeatedly waits until the end of this 5-year |
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| 33 | 33 | | cycle to fulfill such water commitment; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | Whereas each year, farmers in south Texas are experiencing |
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| 35 | 35 | | water shortages: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 36 | 36 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) supports the diplomatic relations required 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | to encourage the Government of Mexico to fulfill its 3 |
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| 39 | 39 | | water deliveries on an annual basis to the United 4 |
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| 40 | 40 | | States under the treaty between the United States 5 |
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| 41 | 41 | | and Mexico regarding the utilization of the Colorado 6 |
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| 42 | 42 | | and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed 7 |
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| 43 | 43 | | at Washington, February 1944 (59 Stat. 1219); 8 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) encourages Mexico to fulfill such commit-9 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ments on an annual basis; 10 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (3) acknowledges that farmers in south Texas 11 |
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| 47 | 47 | | are experiencing water shortages; and 12 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) encourages new commitments to ensure that 13 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the United States receives annual deliveries of at 14 |
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| 50 | 50 | | least 350,000 acre-feet of water under such treaty. 15 |
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