,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aghc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aa1     
#bjai,ms4 ,mc,sally 7for herself and    
,ms4 ,sinema7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish              
responsibility for the ,international   
,outfall ,interceptor4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,nogales
 ,wastewater ,fairness ,act4  #b4       
,international outfall interceptor      
repair1 operations1 and maintenance  7a7
 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7    
,agreement ,the term ,agreement means   
the memorandum of agreement between the 
,united ,states ,section of the         
,international ,boundary and ,water     
,commission and the ,city of ,nogales1  
,arizona1 dated ,january #bj1 #bjjf4    
7#b7 ,city ,the term ,city means the    
,city of ,nogales1 ,arizona4  7#c7      
,nogales sanitation project ,the term   
,nogales sanitation project means the   

project owned by the ,city and the      
,united ,states ,section of the         
,international ,boundary and ,water     
,commission and includes-- 7,a7 the     
,international ,outfall ,interceptor    
7,,ioi7 and the trunkline2 and  7,b7 the
 ,nogales ,international ,wastewater    
,treatment ,plant 7,,niwtp74  7b7 ,sense
 of ,congress ,it is the sense of       
,congress that1 pursuant to the ,act of 
,july #bg1 #aiec 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4         
#bgg;d-#aj et seq471 and notwithstanding
 the ,agreement1 an equitable proportion
 of the costs of operation and          
maintenance of the ,nogales sanitation  
project to be contributed by the ,city  
should be based on the average daily    
volume of wastewater originating from   
the ,city4  7c7 ,capital costs excluded 
,pursuant to the ,agreement and the ,act
 of ,july #bg1 #aiec 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4     
#bgg;d-#aj et seq471 the ,city shall    
have no obligation to contribute to any 
capital costs of repairing or upgrading 
the ,nogales sanitation project4  7d7   

,overcharges ,notwithstanding the       
,agreement1 the ,united ,states ,section
 of the ,international ,boundary and    
,water ,commission shall not charge the 
,city after the date of enactment of    
this ,act for operations and maintenance
 costs in excess of an equitable        
proportion of the costs1 as described in
 subsection 7b74