INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSIONSec. 117. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading “International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, Construction” (IBWC), up to $66,000,000 may be expended for construction of secondary wastewater treatment 121 STAT. 2289 capability of at least 25 million gallons per day (mgd) from the Tijuana River, subject to the following conditions: (1) IBWC shall resume negotiations in accordance with section 804 of Public Law 106–457; (2) IBWC shall prepare design and engineering plans to upgrade the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant to treat 25 mgd to secondary treatment and update its conceptual designs for a scalable project capable of treating up to 100 mgd to secondary at the facility; and (3) none of the funds made available by this section may be obligated for construction before the Government Accountability Office completes a report on the proposed projects.