[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 80 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3035]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4065. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. King) 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) if the environmental impacts of the construction, 
     reconstruction, or maintenance are not substantially greater 
     than the environmental impacts of the original structure, as 
     determined by the applicable State environmental authority, 
     shall be considered to be compliant with the 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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