Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 1.djvu/483

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PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 457 the provisions of Article l.B of such Agreement, such Agreement shall not require any refimds of monies paid with respect to tax years ending on or before December 31, 1993. SEC. 422. CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE. The President is authorized to implement, for the United States, the provisions of Annex 1 of the Decision concerning Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities, issued by the Council of Ministers of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe on December 1, 1993, in accordance with the terms of that Annex. SEC. 423. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION. (a) AUTHORIZATION TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS.— Section 2 of the American-Mexican Chamizal Convention Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-300; 22 U.S.C. 277d-18) is amended— (1) by inserting "(a)" before "The"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(b) The United States Commissioner is authorized to receive payments of money from public or private sources in the United States or Mexico made for the purpose of sharing in the cost of replacement of the Bridge of the Americas which crosses the Rio (jrande between El Paso, Texas, and Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such payments of money shall be credited to any appropriation to the Commission which is currently available. Funds received under this subsection shall be available only for the replacement of such bridge. "(c) The authority of subsection (b) may be exercised only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.". (b) EXPENDITURES FOR WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS.— Title I of the Act of June 20, 1956 (70 Stat. 302, 22 U.S.C. 277d-12), is amended in the fourth undesignated paragraph under the heading "INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO" by striking "Tijuana Rivers," and all that follows before the period and inserting "Tijuana Rivers, or other streams running across or near the boundary, and for taking emergency actions, consistent with the emergency provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act, to protect against health threatening surface and f round water pollution problems along the United States-Mexico ounda^. (c) FALCON AND AMISTAD DAMS MAINTENANCE FUND.—Section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255, as amended by the Act of December 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 475) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. (a) A separate fund, known as the 'Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund' (hereinafter referred to as the 'Maintenance Fund'), shall be created in the Treasury of the United States. The Maintenance Fund shall be administered by the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration for use by the Commissioner of the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to defray operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams. "(b) All revenues collected in connection with the disposition of electric power generated at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, except those revenues paid pursuant to subsection (d) to the general fund of the Treasury of the United States, shall be credited to the Maintenance Fund and shall remain available until expended for