S.Amdt. 1804

SA 1804. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Padilla) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr.
Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for
Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to
establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and
report on economic security, science, research, innovation,
manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain
resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ROLE OF THE COMMISSIONER AND INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENTS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Commissioner.--The term ``Commissioner'' means the
Commissioner of the United States Section of the
International Boundary and Water Commission.
(3) New River.--The term ``New River'' means the river that
starts in Mexicali, Mexico, flows north into the United
States through Calexico, passes through the Imperial Valley,
and drains into the Salton Sea.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of State.
(5) Tijuana River.--The term ``Tijuana River'' means the
river that rises in the Sierra de Juarez in Mexico, flows
through the City of Tijuana and then north into the United
States, passes through the Tijuana River estuary, and drains
into the Pacific Ocean.
(b) Wastewater and Stormwater Authority.--The Commissioner
may study, design, construct, operate, and maintain projects
to manage, improve, and protect the quality of wastewater,
stormwater runoff, and other untreated flows in the Tijuana
River watershed and the New River watershed.
(c) Tijuana and New River Projects Within the United
States.--The Secretary, acting through the Commissioner,
shall--
(1) construct, operate, and maintain projects that--
(A) are on a priority list developed by the Environmental
Protection Agency for projects in the Tijuana River watershed
or New River watershed;
(B) are within the United States; and
(C) improve the water quality of the Tijuana River
watershed or the New River watershed, as applicable; and
(2) use available funds, including funds received from the
Administrator, to construct, operate, and maintain the
projects described in paragraph (1).
(d) Agreements With Mexico.--The Secretary, acting through
the Commissioner, may execute an agreement with the
appropriate official or officials of the Government of Mexico
for--
(1) the joint study and design of stormwater control and
water quality projects; and
(2) on approval of the necessary plans and specifications
of the projects described in paragraph (1), the construction,
operation, and maintenance of those projects by the United
States and Mexico, in accordance with the treaty relating to
the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana
Rivers, and of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) from Fort Quitman,
Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico, and supplementary protocol,
signed at Washington February 3, 1944 (59 Stat. 1219),
between the United States and Mexico.
(e) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section limits the
authority of the International Boundary and Water Commission
any other provision of law.
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