To authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to accept funds for activities relating to wastewater treatment and flood control works, and for other purposes.

This bill lets the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (the binational agency that handles water and flood projects along the U.S.–Mexico border) accept money from federal and nonfederal sources to study, build, run, and maintain wastewater treatment, water conservation, and flood control projects. Accepted funds go into the Commission’s existing Treasury account and can be used until spent.

It places guardrails on the money. The Commission cannot accept funds from nonfederal entities tied to “foreign countries of concern” (the Library of Congress notes examples like China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran). It also caps how much credit or reimbursement nonfederal entities can receive from these funds at $5 million per year. The Commission must report each year to Congress on what funds it took, what work it did with them, and the costs.

• Who is affected: Border communities; the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission; nonfederal partners that help fund water and flood projects.
• What changes: The Commission can accept outside funds for wastewater, water-saving, and flood control work; cannot take money linked to certain foreign countries; and cannot provide more than $5 million per year in reimbursements or cost credits to nonfederal entities.
• When: Ongoing; the Commission must submit a report by the end of each fiscal year.