,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajaac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,november #ab1       
#bjbd,ms4 ,de ,la ,cruz introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to financially assist certain  
agricultural producers in the ,state of 
,texas with farming operations along the
 ,rio ,grande4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,south ,texas  
,agriculture ,emergency ,assistance     
,act4  #b4 ,financial assistance to     
certain agricultural producers along the
 ,rio ,grande  7a7 ,in ,general ,the    
,secretary of ,agriculture shall make a 
grant to the ,state of ,texas1 acting   
through the ,texas ,department of       
,agriculture1 to provide assistance to  
agricultural producers in the ,state of 
,texas with farming operations along the
 ,rio ,grande who have suffered economic
 losses during crop years #bjbc through 
#bjbd due to the failure of ,mexico to  
deliver water annually to the ,united   

,states in accordance with the ,treaty  
,relating to the ,utilization of ,waters
 of the ,colorado and ,tijuana ,rivers  
and of the ,rio ,grande1 and            
,supplementary ,protocol signed         
,november #ad1 #aidd1 signed at         
,washington on ,february #c1 #aidd 7#ei 
,stat4 #abai2 ,,ts #idd74  7b7 ,amount  
of ,assistance ,the amount of assistance
 provided to individual agricultural    
producers under this section shall be   
proportional to the amount of actual    
losses described in subsection 7a7 that 
were incurred by the producers4  7c7    
,procedure ,the ,secretary of           
,agriculture shall carry out the grant  
required under subsection 7a7 in the    
same manner as the grant required under 
section #ajb of ,public ,law #ajg-bjf4  
7d7 ,appropriation ,there is            
appropriated1 out of any money in the   
,treasury not otherwise appropriated1   
#bhj1jjj1jjj to the ,department of      
,agriculture for purposes of carrying   
out the grant required under subsection 

7a74