[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 43 (Thursday, March 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1606]
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 PROVIDING AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A TOLL BRIDGE ACROSS THE 
                               RIO GRANDE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 374, S. 2143.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2143) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third 
time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and 
laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2143) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, 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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