HR 5400 · 107th Congress · International Affairs

To authorize the President of the United States to agree to certain amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States concerning the establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission and a North American Development Bank, and for other purposes.

Introduced 2002-09-18· Sponsored by Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate.(2002-10-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to authorize the President to agree to amendments to the Border Environment Cooperation Agreement (the November 1993 Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States Concerning the Establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission and a North American Development Bank) that: (1) enable the North American Development Bank to make grants and non-market rate loans out of its paid-in capital resources with the approval of its Board of Directors for qualified water conservation projects; and (2) amend the definition of "border region" as it relates to such projects to include specified areas in the United States and Mexico that are within a certain distance of the international boundary between the two countries. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) water conservation projects are eligible for funding from the Bank under the Cooperation Agreement; and (2) the Board of Directors of the Bank should support qualified water conservation projects which can assist Texas irrigators and agricultural producers in the lower Rio Grande River Valley.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 5400, A bill to authorize the President of the United States to agree to certain amendments to the agreement between the government of the United States of America and the government of the United Mexican States concerning the establishment

Oct 3, 2002

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 26, 2002</p>

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H.R. 5400, A bill to authorize the President of the United States to agree to certain amendments to the agreement between the government of the United States of America and the government of the United Mexican States concerning the establishment

Oct 3, 2002

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on September 26, 2002

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (3)

2 Democrats1 Republican