[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 146 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S7161]
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          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. CORNYN:
  S. 2143. A bill to provide for the authority for the successors and 
assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a 
toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, and for 
other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2143

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. STARR-CAMARGO BRIDGE.

       Public Law 87-532 (76 Stat. 153) is amended--
       (1) in the first section, in subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) by inserting ``, and its successors and assigns,'' 
     after ``State of Texas'';
       (B) by inserting ``consisting of not more than 14 lanes'' 
     after ``approaches thereto''; and
       (C) by striking ``and for a period of sixty-six years from 
     the date of completion of such bridge,'';
       (2) in section 2, by inserting ``and its successors and 
     assigns,'' after ``companies'';
       (3) by redesignating sections 3, 4, and 5 as sections 4, 5, 
     and 6, respectively;
       (4) by inserting after section 2 the following:

     ``SEC. 3. RIGHTS OF STARR-CAMARGO BRIDGE COMPANY AND 
                   SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.

       ``(a) In General.--The Starr-Camargo Bridge Company and its 
     successors and assigns shall have the rights and privileges 
     granted to the B and P Bridge Company and its successors and 
     assigns under section 2 of the Act of May 1, 1928 (45 Stat. 
     471, chapter 466).
       ``(b) Requirement.--In exercising the rights and privileges 
     granted under subsection (a), the Starr-Camargo Bridge 
     Company and its successors and assigns shall act in 
     accordance with--
       ``(1) just compensation requirements;
       ``(2) public proceeding requirements; and
       ``(3) any other requirements applicable to the exercise of 
     the rights referred to in subsection (a) under the laws of 
     the State of Texas.''; and
       (5) in section 4 (as redesignated by paragraph (3))--
       (A) by inserting ``and its successors and assigns,'' after 
     ``such company'';
       (B) by striking ``or'' after ``public agency,'';
       (C) by inserting ``or to a corporation,'' after 
     ``international bridge authority or commission,''; and
       (D) by striking ``authority, or commission'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``authority, commission, or 
     corporation''.

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