US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

40 U.S.C. § 15732

Southwest Border Regional Commission

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.

Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2)122 Stat. 1481Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a)122 Stat. 1664Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2246138 Stat. 3204(Added , , , and , title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), , , 2243; amended , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

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 was repealed by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 118–272, § 2246(1)2025—Par. (3). , 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”.

Pub. L. 118–272, § 2246(2)Par. (4). , inserted “Guadalupe,” after “Glasscock,” and substituted “Tom Green, Upton,” for “Tom Green Upton,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 14217(d) of Pub. L. 110–246section 15101 of this titleSection effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after , see , set out as a note under .