AMERICAN BORDERS  TO BE DISMANTLED 

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North American Development Bank -

One of the International Banks being funded to ERASE the BORDERS of the UNITED STATES

H.R.1319 
Title: To improve the health of residents of, and the environment in, the United States-Mexico border area. 
Sponsor: Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] (introduced 3/15/2005) 

Cosponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] - 6/17/2005 

Latest Major Action: 4/18/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

SEC. 207. INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

In addition to other sums available to the International Consortium for the Environment established at Brooks Air Force Base there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense for fiscal years commencing after the enactment of this Act not more than $5,000,000 to be used to expand the membership of, and the scope of the work done by, such Consortium. The funding provided under this section shall be used--

(1) to expand the membership of the Consortium to include the Pan American Health Organization, colleges and universities in the United States-Mexico border area, the Border Health Association, and the Border Health Commission, and

(2) to develop pilot projects to address environmental and health concerns in the United States-Mexico border area.

SEC. 208. BORDER ECONOMIC COOPERATION COMMISSION.

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 to be used for making grants to the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission for the planning, design, and construction of environmental infrastructure projects in the United States-Mexico border area. Projects eligible for such grants shall include water, wastewater treatment, solid waste sewage disposal, air quality improvement, pollution cleanup, and mass transit projects.

SEC. 209. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BORDER ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 to be used for making grants to communities for the planning, design, and construction of high-priority environmental infrastructure projects, including wastewater projects, in the United States-Mexico border area. Such projects shall be carried out in cooperation with the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank through its Border Environmental Infrastructure Fund.

What the Bill claims to be doing:

Border Economic Recovery Act for Health and the Environment - Provides funding for programs for the public health and the environment in the border area between the United States and Mexico.

Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission; (2) health education training centers; (3) the Border Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies for an initiative for youth substance-abuse prevention; (4) the Healthy Homes Initiative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); (5) the Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative; (6) the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy; (7) the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for environmental infrastructure projects; (8) the Commission for Environmental Cooperation; (9) the International Consortium for the Environment; and (10) the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission for environmental infrastructure projects.

Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to revise the allocation of funds to hospitals to cover the cost of emergency health services for undocumented aliens.

TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

SEC. 501. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may be made as payment to any international financial institution while the United States Executive Director to such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate which, together with whatever compensation such Director receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while any alternate United States Director to such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.

(b) For purposes of this section `international financial institutions' are: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development , the Inter-American Development Bank , the Asian Development Bank , the Asian Development Fund, the African Development Bank , the African Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, the North American Development Bank , and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development .