The Government of the United States
of America and the Government of the
United Mexican States agree and
understand that:
Wherever, by virtue of the provisions
of the Treaty between the United States
of America and the United Mexican
States, signed in Washington on February
3, 1944, relating to the utilization of
the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana
Rivers and of the Rio Grande from Fort
Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico,
specific functions are imposed on, or exclusive
jurisdiction is vested in, either of
the Sections of the International
Boundary and Water Commission, which
involve the construction or use of works
for storage or conveyance of water,
flood control, stream gaging, or for any
other purpose, which are situated wholly
within the territory of the country of that
Section, and which are to be used
only partly for the performance of treaty
provisions, such jurisdiction shall be
exercised, and such functions, including
the construction, operation and
maintenance of the said works, shall be
performed and carried out by the
Federal agencies of that country which
now or hereafter may be authorized by
domestic law to construct, or to operate
and maintain, such works. Such
functions or jurisdictions shall be
exercised in conformity with the
provisions of the Treaty and in
cooperation with the respective Section of the
Commission, to the end that all
international obligations and functions
may be coordinated and fulfilled.
The works to be constructed or used on or
along the boundary, and those to be
constructed or used exclusively for the
discharge of treaty stipulations, shall be
under the jurisdiction of the Commission
or of the respective Section, in
accordance with the provisions of
the Treaty. In carrying out the
construction of such works the Sections
of the Commission may utilize the
services of public or private organizations
in accordance with the laws of their
respective countries.
This Protocol, which shall be regarded
as an integral part of the aforementioned
Treaty signed in Washington on February
3, 1944, shall be ratified and the ratification
thereof shall be exchanged in
Washington. This Protocol shall
be effective beginning with the day of the
entry into force of the Treaty and shall
continue effective so long as the Treaty
remains in force.
In witness whereof the respective
Plenipotentiaries have signed
this Protocol and have hereunto affixed
their seals.
Done in duplicate, in the English and
Spanish languages