[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 114 (Wednesday, July 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4390]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2136. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. EMERGENCY RELIEF.

       Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (d)(1)(A) of 
     section 125 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of 
     Transportation is authorized to expend funds under that 
     section for the repair and reconstruction of the westbound 
     Washington Bridge, Interstate Route 195, located in 
     Providence, Rhode Island, in order to fully reopen all lanes 
     to traffic after the closure of that bridge that began on 
     December 11, 2023.
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