[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1134 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1134

  To authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate 
              mitigation measures to promote river values.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2011

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, and Mr. 
   Franken) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate 
              mitigation measures to promote river values.

    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 ``St. Croix River Crossing Project 
Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECT WITH MITIGATION MEASURES.

    Notwithstanding section 7(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1278(a)), the head of any Federal agency or department may 
authorize and assist in the construction of a new extradosed bridge 
crossing the St. Croix River approximately 6 miles north of the I-94 
crossing if the mitigation items described in paragraph 9 of the 2006 
St. Croix River Crossing Project Memorandum of Understanding for 
Implementation of Riverway Mitigation Items, signed by the Federal 
Highway Administration on March 28, 2006, and by the National Park 
Service on March 27, 2006 (including any subsequent amendments to the 
Memorandum of Understanding), are included as enforceable conditions.
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