[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2118 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2118

 To amend the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 to 
 provide for continued engineering, design, right-of-way acquisition, 
 and construction related to the project to upgrade the Woodrow Wilson 
                            Memorial Bridge.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 1999

    Mr. Wynn (for himself and Mr. Davis 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 Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 to 
 provide for continued engineering, design, right-of-way acquisition, 
 and construction related to the project to upgrade the Woodrow Wilson 
                            Memorial Bridge.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress find that--
            (1) the deterioration of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge 
        has created an emergency situation which has contributed 
        significantly to traffic congestion in the metropolitan 
        Washington, D.C., area and threatens a vital link in the 
        Interstate System and in the Northeast corridor;
            (2) projects for ongoing short-term rehabilitation of the 
        Bridge and long-term reconstruction or replacement of the 
        Bridge have undergone comprehensive studies as to the potential 
        environmental and other impacts of the projects;
            (3) a study of a 10-lane replacement for the Bridge has 
        been completed under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 
        and a study of a 12-lane replacement for the Bridge could be 
        completed under such Act before reconfiguring the stripes on 
        the replacement bridge so as to provide 2 lanes for high 
        occupancy vehicle traffic; and
            (4) an environmental impact statement has been completed 
        under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
        4321 et seq.) for a 12-lane replacement for the Bridge.

SEC. 2. WOODROW WILSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

    (a) In General.--The Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act 
of 1995 (109 Stat. 627) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 413. AUTHORITY TO PROCEED.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall approve, and the 
Secretary, the Authority, and any Capital Region jurisdiction are 
authorized to proceed with, the engineering, design, right-of-way 
acquisition, and construction of the Project. All records of decision 
relating to the project issued before such date of enactment shall 
remain in effect.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents contained in 
section 1(b) of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 
(109 Stat. 568) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 412. Federal contribution.
``Sec. 413. Authority to proceed.''.
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