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PUBLIC LAW 92-550-OCT. 25, 1972

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Boundary and Water Commi^ion, United States and Mexico, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the treaty and title I of this Act. TITLE II — P E E S I D I O FLOOD CONTEOL P E O J E C T SEC. 201. The Secretary of State, acting through the Commissioner, fi^'^J^^t^o"!" is hereby authorized to conclude with the appropriate official or officials agreement!^° of the Government of Mexico an agreement for a coordinated plan by authorization. the United States and Mexico for international flood control works for protection of lands along the international section of the Eio Grande in the United States and in Mexico in the Presidio-Ojinaga Valley. SEC. 202. If an agreement is concluded pursuant to section 201 of title II of this Act, the Commissioner is authorized to construct, operate, and maintain flood control works located in the United States having substantially the characteristics described in "Report on the Flood Control Project Eio Grande, Presidio Valley, Texas^', prepared hj the United States section. International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; and there are hereby authorized Appropriation. to be appropriated to the Department of State for the use of the United States section of the Commission such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of title II of this Act. No part of any appropriation under this section shall be expended for flood control works -"^ on any land, site, or easement unless such land, site, or easement has been acquired under the treaty for other purposes or by donation and, in the case of a donation, the title thereto has been approved in accordance with existing rules and regulations of the Attorney General of the United States. Approved October 25, 1972. Public Law 92-550 AN ACT

To amend the Transportation Act of 1940, as amended, to facilitate the payment of transportation charges.

October 25, 1972

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 322 of PaymentAcVof" the Transportation Act of 1940, as amended (49 U.S.C. 66), is hereby 1972. further amended as follows: 72^stat?*86^K^' (a) By inserting after the section designation the letter " (a) "; by changing the first sentence to read: "Subject to such standards as shall be promulgated jointly by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Comptroller General of the United States, payment for transportation of persons or property for or on behalf of the United States by any carrier or forwarder shall be made upon presentation of bills therefor, prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, but the right is reserved to the United States Government to deduct the amount of any overcharge by any carrier or forwarder from any amount subsequently found to be due such carrier or forwarder."; deleting the portion of the second sentence preceding the colon and substituting therefor the following: "The term 'overcharges' shall be deemed to "Overcharges." mean charges for transportation services in excess of those applicable thereto under tariffs lawfully on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the Federal Maritime Com-

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