[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3525 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3525

To amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to specify 
 the number and use of vehicle lanes on any replacement of the Woodrow 
            Wilson Memorial Bridge, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 1998

Mr. Moran of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to specify 
 the number and use of vehicle lanes on any replacement of the Woodrow 
            Wilson Memorial Bridge, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF OLD BRIDGE REQUIRED.

    Section 404(5) of the National Highway System Designation Act of 
1995 (109 Stat. 629) is amended by inserting ``removal of the Woodrow 
Wilson Memorial Bridge after completion of any replacement crossing'' 
after ``repairs to the Bridge and''.

SEC. 2. NUMBER AND USE OF VEHICLE LANES ON REPLACEMENT BRIDGE.

    Section 408 of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 
(109 Stat. 631) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``The 
        Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Number and Use of Vehicle Lanes on Replacement Bridge.--Any 
replacement bridge constructed pursuant to this title shall--
            ``(1) be open to traffic for operation of no more than 12 
        vehicle lanes; and
            ``(2) have 2 of the 12 vehicle lanes reserved exclusively 
        for one or more of the following:
                    ``(A) High occupancy vehicles.
                    ``(B) Express buses.
                    ``(C) Transit.
Such reserved lanes shall not be open to traffic until the systems that 
such lanes will be a part of in the States of Maryland and Virginia are 
open to traffic and shall not be used as general purpose lanes unless 
such use is necessary for incident or accident management or 
maintenance of traffic during construction or maintenance 
activities.''.

SEC. 3. TOLLS; WIDTH LIMIT; MITIGATION; COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT; 
              COMMISSION.

    Title IV of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 
(109 Stat. 627 through 634) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 412. TOLLS PROHIBITED.

    ``No tolls shall be permitted on any part of the Project that is 
reserved for local traffic.

``SEC. 413. LIMITATION ON WIDTH OF CROSSING.

    ``No replacement crossing constructed pursuant to this title may be 
more than 200 feet wide.

``SEC. 414. MITIGATION OF ADVERSE IMPACTS.

    ``No replacement crossing constructed pursuant to this title may be 
open to traffic until completion of all environmental and other 
mitigation measures described in--
            ``(1) the record of decision regarding the Project executed 
        by the Secretary on November 25, 1997; and
            ``(2) any environmental impact statements completed 
        regarding the Project pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

``SEC. 415. COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

    ``If the highest elected local official of any unit of local 
government in which any part of the Project shall be located 
establishes a community oversight committee to provide comments and 
recommendations regarding the design and construction of the Project 
and such committee submits such comments and recommendations to the 
Secretary, the Secretary shall take such comments and recommendations 
into consideration and make any changes to such design and construction 
that the Secretary considers appropriate.

``SEC. 416. COMMISSION.

    ``(a) Establishment; Membership.--The Secretary shall establish a 
commission to be known as the `Southern Potomac River Study 
Commission'. The commission shall be comprised of representatives 
appointed by the Secretary from among local elected officials of the 
jurisdictions in which any part of the Project shall be located, 
representatives of the State Governments of Maryland and Virginia, and 
representatives of the environmental community.
    ``(b) Duties.--The commission shall--
            ``(1) study the feasibility of a new Potomac River crossing 
        south of Interstate Route 495 and north of State Route 301 to 
        accommodate future increased traffic in the metropolitan 
        Washington, D.C. area;
            ``(2) select possible alignments for a new river crossing, 
        propose possible crossing options, and identify possible 
        financing mechanisms to acquire the right-of-way and to 
        construct the crossing; and
            ``(3) report its findings to Congress not later than 2 
        years after the date of the establishment of the Commission.''.

SEC. 4. FUNDING.

    Section 104(i) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Project funding.--There is available to carry out the 
        Project (as defined in section 404 of the National Highway 
        System Designation Act of 1995) from the Highway Trust Fund 
        (other than the Mass Transit Account) such sums as may be 
        necessary. Such sums shall remain available until expended.''.
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