TX SCR13

Urges the U.S. Department of State and the 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 on required water deliveries to the United States under the treaty, which mandates 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's Rio Grande Valley, causing historically low levels in Amistad and Falcon reservoirs

Water shortages have resulted in the permanent closure of Texas's only sugar mill in 2024, significant reductions in fruit and vegetable farming, stalled housing developments, and rural municipalities paying up to 60% higher costs for water from outside districts

Directs the Texas Secretary of State to forward copies of this resolution to the U.S. Secretary of State and the IBWC Commissioner; adopted by the Senate 30-1 on March 19, 2025, and by the House 142-1 on April 29, 2025