Southwest Border Regional Commission

40 U.S.C. § 15732

• Title: 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
• Chapter: SUBCHAPTER II—DESIGNATION OF REGIONS

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The region of the Southwest Border Regional Commission shall consist of the following political subdivisions:
(1) Arizona.—The counties of Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma in the State of Arizona.
(2) California.—The counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura in the State of California.
(3) New mexico.—The counties of Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Curry, De Baca, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Lea, Lincoln, Luna, Otero, Roosevelt, Sierra, Socorro, Torrance, and Valencia in the State of New Mexico.
(4) Texas.—The counties of Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Gillespie, Glasscock, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Loving, Mason, Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Midland, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Shleicher, Sutton, Starr, Sterling, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Ward, Webb, Willacy, Wilson, Winkler, Zapata, and Zavala in the State of Texas.

History

(Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, §14217(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1481, and Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title XIV, §14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2243; amended Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, §2246, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3204.)

Editorial Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification
Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Amendments
2025—Par. (3). Pub. L. 118–272, §2246(1), inserted "Bernalillo," before "Catron,", "Cibola, Curry, De Baca," after "Chaves,", "Guadalupe," after "Grant,", "Lea," after "Hidalgo,", and "Roosevelt," after "Otero," and substituted "Socorro, Torrance, and Valencia" for "and Socorro".
Par. (4). Pub. L. 118–272, §2246(2), inserted "Guadalupe," after "Glasscock," and substituted "Tom Green, Upton," for "Tom Green Upton,".

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date
Section effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after June 18, 2008, see section 14217(d) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 15101 of this title.