TX HCR77

Urges the U.S. Department of State and International Boundary and Water Commission to ensure Mexico complies with the 1944 Treaty on shared Rio Grande water resources

Mexico is currently 984,814 acre-feet behind in water deliveries to the United States under the treaty, which requires an average of at least 350,000 acre-feet annually over five-year cycles

Expanded crop production in Chihuahua, Mexico over the past decade has reduced water availability for Texas Rio Grande Valley users, causing historically low levels in Amistad and Falcon reservoirs

Water shortages have led to loss of sugarcane production, closure of Texas's only sugar mill in 2024, reduced fruit and vegetable farming, stalled housing developments, and rural municipalities paying up to 60% higher costs for water

Directs the Texas Secretary of State to forward official copies of the resolution to the U.S. Secretary of State and the commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission