[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1405 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1405

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 1999

  Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Robb, Mr. Sarbanes, and Ms. Mikulski) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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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.''.
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