[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     out this Act, there is rescinded from the Department of the 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.

       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.

       (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.

       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.

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