[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2009 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2009

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2007

 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Coleman) 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 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-35 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-35 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.--Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 1 of 
title 23, United States Code, the Secretary may 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-35 bridge located 
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007. In 
addition, the Secretary may use up to $5,000,000 of such funds to 
reimburse the Metropolitan Council (of Minnesota) for actual and 
necessary costs of maintenance and operation, less the amount of fares 
earned, for additional public transportation services and traveler 
information services which are provided by such department of 
transportation as a substitute for highway traffic service following 
the collapse of the Interstate I-35 bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 
on August 1, 2007, until highway traffic service is restored on such 
bridge. The Federal share of the cost of activities reimbursed under 
this subsection shall be 100 percent.''.
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