[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 3311 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3311

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven


                                 An Act


 
 To authorize additional funds for emergency repairs and reconstruction 
 of the Interstate I-35 bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that 
  collapsed on August 1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000 limitation on 
 emergency relief funds for those emergency repairs and reconstruction, 
                         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. ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDING.
    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
carry out a project for the repair and reconstruction of the Interstate 
I-35W bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on 
August 1, 2007.
    (b) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the project 
carried out under this section shall be 100 percent.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $250,000,000 to carry out this section. Such sums shall 
remain available until expended.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF EMERGENCY RELIEF LIMITATION.
    The limitation contained in section 125(d)(1) of title 23, United 
States Code, of $100,000,000 shall not apply to expenditures under 
section 125 of such title for the repair or reconstruction of the 
Interstate I-35W bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that 
collapsed on August 1, 2007.
SEC. 3. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR TRANSIT AND TRAVEL INFORMATION 
SERVICES.
    Section 1112 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1171) is 
amended--
        (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``There''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Minnesota.--
        ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 1 
    of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary may--
            ``(A) use funds authorized to carry out the emergency 
        relief program under section 125 of such title for the repair 
        and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35W bridge in 
        Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007; and
            ``(B) use not to exceed $5,000,000 of the funds made 
        available for fiscal year 2007 for Federal Transit 
        Administration Discretionary Programs, Bus and Bus Facilities 
        (without any local matching funds requirement) for operating 
        expenses of the Minnesota State department of transportation 
        for actual and necessary costs of maintenance and operation, 
        less the amount of fares earned, which are provided by the 
        Metropolitan Council (of Minnesota) as a temporary substitute 
        for highway traffic service following the collapse of the 
        Interstate I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 1, 
        2007, until highway traffic service is restored on such bridge.
        ``(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of 
    activities reimbursed under this subsection shall be 100 
    percent.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.