[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1608 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1608

   To provide for the expansion of the Starr-Camargo Bridge near Rio 
              Grande City, Texas, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2023

   Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Cruz, and Mr. Kelly) 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 provide for the expansion of the Starr-Camargo Bridge near Rio 
              Grande City, Texas, 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 ``Starr-Camargo Bridge Expansion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STARR-CAMARGO BRIDGE.

    (a) Authorization.--The first section of Public Law 87-532 (76 
Stat. 153; 130 Stat. 411) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and expand'' after 
                ``construct'';
                    (B) by inserting ``, including the expansion and 
                addition of adjacent spans to the existing 
                international bridge,'' after ``thereto'';
                    (C) by inserting ``multimodal toll'' after ``14'';
                    (D) by striking ``to maintain'' and inserting ``and 
                to maintain, control,''; and
                    (E) by striking ``such bridge'' and inserting 
                ``those bridges''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by inserting ``expansion,'' after ``construction,''.
    (b) Rights of Starr-Camargo Bridge Company and Successors and 
Assigns.--Section 3(a) of Public Law 87-532 (76 Stat. 153; 130 Stat. 
411) is amended by inserting ``, as needed for the location, 
construction, expansion, control, operation, and maintenance of the 
bridges referred to in subsection (a)(2) at or near Rio Grande City, 
Texas'' after ``chapter 466)''.
    (c) Sunset.--Section 5 of Public Law 87-532 (76 Stat. 153; 130 
Stat. 411) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``by the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company and 
        its successors and assigns'' after ``constructed'';
            (2) by striking ``three'' and inserting ``60'';
            (3) by striking ``five'' and inserting ``65''; and
            (4) by striking ``date of enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``date of enactment of the Starr-Camargo Bridge 
        Expansion Act''.
    (d) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section or the amendments 
made by this section--
            (1) grants new rights or duties to the San Benito 
        International Bridge Company (known as the ``Free Trade 
        International Bridge'' as of the date of enactment of this 
        Act); or
            (2) alters, repeals, or voids any rights or duties held by 
        the San Benito International Bridge Company (known as the 
        ``Free Trade International Bridge'' as of the date of enactment 
        of this Act) under Public Law 87-532 (76 Stat. 153; 130 Stat. 
        411), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
        this Act.
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