[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 116 (Friday, September 13, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S8622]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4536. Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Nickles) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4472 proposed by Mr. 
Byrd to the bill H.R. 5093, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2003, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:
       On page 127, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 1____. RECONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE 40.

       (a) In General.--Subject to the condition described in 
     subsection (b), notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, in addition to amounts that are otherwise available, 
     $12,000,000 shall be made available, and shall remain 
     available until expended, for reconstruction of the portion 
     of Interstate Route 40 spanning the Arkansas River in the 
     State of Oklahoma that was destroyed as a result of a barge 
     collision that occurred on May 26, 2002.
       (b) Condition.--The condition described in this subsection 
     is that the State of Oklahoma agree that the Federal 
     Government shall--
       (1) be subrogated to all claims of the State of Oklahoma 
     for amounts necessary to reconstruct the destroyed portion of 
     Interstate Route 40 against each entity determined to be 
     responsible for the collision, not to exceed $12,000,000 in 
     the aggregate; and
       (2) have authority to pursue such claims as are necessary 
     to recover any amounts up to $12,000,000 that are not paid to 
     the State by those entities.
       (c) Reimbursement and Reobligation of Funds.--Federal funds 
     obligated before the date of enactment of this Act for the 
     reconstruction described in subsection (a)--
       (1) may be reimbursed from funds available under this 
     section; and
       (2) if reimbursed under paragraph (1), shall be immediately 
     available to the State of Oklahoma for reobligation.
       (d) Emergency Requirement.--The entire amount made 
     available under this section is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement under sections 251(b)(2)(A) and 252(e) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A), 902(e)).

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