H.R. 6386

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6386 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6386

To limit engagement with the Government of Mexico unless Mexico 
provides water to the United States pursuant to its obligations under 
the Treaty relating to the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and 
Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 3, 2025

Ms. De La Cruz (for herself and Mr. Cuellar) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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A BILL

To limit engagement with the Government of Mexico unless Mexico 
provides water to the United States pursuant to its obligations under 
the Treaty relating to the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and 
Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Predictable and Reliable 
Water Deliveries Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ENGAGEMENT WITH MEXICO UNTIL MEXICO PROVIDES 
WATER PURSUANT TO TREATY OBLIGATIONS.

(a) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress 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 a minimum of 
350,000 acre-feet of water;
(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; 
and
(C) an identification of significant economic 
sectors or activities in Mexico that are situated in, 
or substantially dependent upon, irrigation districts 
that benefit from--
(i) water delivered to Mexico by the United 
States; or
(ii) the 6 tributaries of the Rio Grande 
from which Mexico is obligated to deliver water 
pursuant to the Treaty.
(b) Limitation on Engagement.--
(1) In general.--If, in a report required by subsection 
(a), the Secretary makes a negative determination under 
paragraph (2)(A) of that subsection, the President--
(A) shall deny all non-Treaty requests by Mexico; 
and
(B) may limit or terminate engagement with the 
Government of Mexico related to the sectors or 
activities in Mexico identified under subsection 
(a)(2)(C), other than engagement to counter the flow of 
fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, xylazine, and other 
synthetic drugs into the United States.
(2) Exception.--The limitation described in paragraph 
(1)(A) shall not apply to a non-Treaty request by Mexico if the 
Secretary submits to the appropriate committees of Congress, 
not later than 120 days after the submission of the report 
described in paragraph (1), and every 120 days thereafter, a 
certification that--
(A) the water delivered through such channels--
(i) will be used exclusively to address an 
ongoing ecological, environmental, or 
humanitarian emergency; and
(ii) will not be used for--
(I) municipal purposes;
(II) industrial purposes;
(III) normal water supply needs;
(IV) water infrastructure 
deficiencies; or
(V) maintenance work; and
(B) fulfilling the request is vital to the national 
interests of the United States.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives.
(2) Non-treaty request.--The term ``non-Treaty request'' 
means an emergency request for special delivery channels for 
the delivery of water made pursuant to any current or future 
Minute of the International Boundary and Water Commission based 
on the principles established in Commission Minute No. 240, 
entitled ``Emergency Deliveries of Colorado River Waters for 
Use in Tijuana'', dated June 13, 1972, as subsequently amended 
and extended, most recently by Commission Minute No. 327, 
entitled ``Emergency Deliveries of Colorado River Waters For 
Use In the City of Tijuana, Baja California'', dated January 
28, 2022.
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