S.Amdt. 2746

SA 2746. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1291. LIMITATION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO MEXICO UNTIL
MEXICO PROVIDES WATER PURSUANT TO TREATY
OBLIGATIONS.

(a) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than February 15, 2025, and
annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
a report regarding deliveries of water by Mexico pursuant to
the Treaty relating to the Utilization of Waters of the
Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande, signed at
Washington February 3, 1944 (9 Bevans 1166), between the
United States and Mexico (in this section referred to as the
``Treaty'').
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include--
(A) a determination of whether Mexico has, during the
calendar year preceding the submission of the report,
delivered to the United States 350,000 acre-feet of water;
and
(B) an assessment of Mexico's capabilities for delivering
1,750,000 acre-feet of water by the final year of the five-
year cycle described in the Treaty within which the previous
calendar year fell.
(b) Limitation on Assistance.--
(1) In general.--If the Secretary does not submit the
report required by subsection (a) by February 15 of a
calendar year or makes a negative determination under
subsection (a)(2)(A), the President--
(A) may implement all of the measures described in
paragraph (2); and
(B) shall implement at least one of such measures.
(2) Measures described.--The measures described in this
paragraph are the following:
(A) A prohibition on the United States Agency for
International Development obligating or expending funds for
programs for private sector productivity in Mexico.
(B) A prohibition on the Trade and Development Agency
obligating or expending funds for grantees in Mexico or for
missions with delegations from Mexico.
(C) A limitation on assistance to Mexico, such that not
more than 85 percent of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available for assistance for Mexico may be obligated or
expended, other than funds made available to counter the flow
of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, xylazine, and other
synthetic drugs into the United States.
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