[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2563 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2563

 To amend the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 to 
 provide an authorization of contract authority for fiscal years 2004 
                 through 2007, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 1999

 Mr. Davis of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Moran of 
   Virginia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Wolf, and Mrs. Morella) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 to 
 provide an authorization of contract authority for fiscal years 2004 
                 through 2007, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Woodrow Wilson Bridge Financing Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCE AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR THE WOODROW 
              WILSON BRIDGE.

    (a) Federal Contribution.--Section 412(a)(1) of the Woodrow Wilson 
Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat. 159) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``2002, and'' and inserting ``2002,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, and $150,000,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2004 through 2007'' after ``2003''.
    (b) Limitation on Federal Contribution.--Section 412 of the Woodrow 
Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat. 
159) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Limitation on Federal Contribution.--The total amount made 
available from the Highway Trust Fund under this section shall not 
exceed $1,500,000,000. Amounts from the Highway Trust Fund for the 
Project in excess of $1,500,000,000 shall be provided by the Capital 
Region jurisdictions.
    ``(e) Contributions by Capital Region Jurisdictions.--
            ``(1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2004 through 
        2007, every $1 provided from the Highway Trust Fund under this 
        section shall be matched by at least $0.67 provided by the 
        Capital Region jurisdictions from amounts made available to the 
        jurisdictions under title 23, United States Code, or from other 
        sources available to the jurisdictions.
            ``(2) Allocation.--The Capital Region jurisdictions shall 
        allocate payment of the matching funds required under paragraph 
        (1) as the jurisdictions determine to be appropriate.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF TRUST FUND CODE.

    Section 9503(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``(except for expenditures 
                provided for under subparagraph (F))'' after ``2003'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``, or''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) authorized to be paid out of the Highway 
                Trust Fund under the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge 
                Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627).''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``TEA 21 
        Restoration Act'' and inserting ``Woodrow Wilson Bridge 
        Financing Act of 1999''.
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