Message to the Congress Requesting an Appropriation for the International Water Commission, United States and Mexico.

To the Congress of the United States:

I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress the inclosed report from the Secretary of State to the end that legislation may be enacted to authorize an appropriation of $287,000 to defray the expenses of the American section of the International Water Commission, United States and Mexico, in continuing its study, in cooperation with representatives of Mexico, of a plan for the equitable use of the waters of the lower Rio Grande, the lower Colorado, and Tia Juana Rivers, for submission to the Congress, pursuant to the provisions of the act of May 13, 1924, entitled "An act providing for a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Tex., in cooperation with the United States of Mexico," as amended by the act of March 3, 1927.

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,

January 9, 1931.