Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 9 (Monday, January 23, 2012)

[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 9 (Monday, January 23, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S47-S48]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

ST. CROIX RIVER CROSSING PROJECT AUTHORIZATION ACT

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 264, S. 1134.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

A bill (S. 1134) to authorize the St. Croix River Crossing
Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river
values.

There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill
which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, with an amendment; as follows:

S. 1134

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.

SEC. 3. OFFSET.

To provide an offset for the funds made available to carry
out this Act, there is rescinded from the Department of the
Interior franchise fund authorized under section 113 of
division A of title I of Public Law 104-208 (31 U.S.C. 501
note; 110 Stat. 3009-181) $8,000,000.

SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall
be determined by reference to the latest statement titled
``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act,
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the
Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that such
statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
committee-reported amendment be agreed to and be considered original
text for the purposes of further amendment; that the Klobuchar-Johnson
of Wisconsin-Franken amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the
bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motions to
reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate,
and any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The committee-reported amendment was agreed to.
The amendment (No. 1468) was agreed to, as follows:

(Purpose: To modify the offset)

Strike section 3 and insert the following:

SEC. 3. OFFSET.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, amounts made available for items 676, 813, 3186, 4358,
and 5132 in

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the table contained in section 1702 of the SAFETEA-LU (119
Stat. 1288, 1380, 1423) shall be subject to the limitation on
obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
construction programs distributed under section 102(a)6) of
title I of division C of Public Law 112-55 (23 U.S.C. 104
note; 125 Stat. 652).
(b) Rescission.--Any obligation authority made available
until used to a State as a result of receipt of contract
authority for the items described in subsection (a) that
remains available to the State as of the date of enactment of
this Act is permanently rescinded.

The bill (S. 1134), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

S. 1134

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.

SEC. 3. OFFSET.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, amounts made available for items 676, 813, 3186, 4358,
and 5132 in the table contained in section 1702 of the
SAFETEA-LU (119 Stat. 1288, 1380, 1423) shall be subject to
the limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and
highway safety construction programs distributed under
section 120(a)(6) of title I of division C of Public Law 112-
55 (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 125 Stat. 652).
(b) Rescission.--Any obligation authority made available
until used to a State as a result of receipt of contract
authority for the items described in subsection (a) that
remains available to the State as of the date of enactment of
this Act is permanently rescinded.

SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

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