[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 77 (Monday, May 16, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 3912. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for Mr. Sullivan) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins
(for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R.
2577, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of the general provisions of title I in division
A, add the following:
Sec. ___. Any bridge eligible for assistance under title
23, United States Code, that is structurally deficient and
requires construction, reconstruction, or maintenance--
(1) may be reconstructed in the same location with the same
capacity and dimensions as in existence on the date of
enactment of this Act; and
(2) shall be exempt from any environmental reviews,
approvals, licensing, and permit requirements under--
(A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
(B) sections 402 and 404 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342, 1344);
(C) division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States
Code;
(D) the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.);
(E) the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et
seq.);
(F) the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661
et seq.);
(G) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.), except when the reconstruction occurs in designated
critical habitat for threatened and endangered species;
(H) Executive Order 11990 (42 U.S.C. 4321 note; relating to
the protection of wetland); and
(I) any Federal law (including regulations) requiring no
net loss of wetland.
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