WATER for Farmers Act

This bill would require the Secretary of State to determine each year whether Mexico delivered at least 350,000 acre-feet of Rio Grande water to the United States under the 1944 Water Treaty. If Mexico falls short, the U.S. Trade Representative would impose duties on goods imported from Mexico, prioritizing agricultural products and goods from areas using Rio Grande water, and would increase those duties if shortfalls continue in later years. Money equal to the duties collected would go into a new South Texas Agricultural Compensation Trust Fund. The Secretary of Agriculture would use the fund to pay Rio Grande Valley farmers for losses calculated with a set formula, and the boundary water commission would publicly report delivery and payment data each month.

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Sponsors

• John Cornyn Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors