[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23234-23235]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND RECONSTRUCTION 
          OF INTERSTATE I-35 BRIDGE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the order just entered, the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 3311 is concurred in.
  The text of the Senate amendment is as follows:
  Senate amendment:
       In section 1112(b)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
     Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (as 
     added by section 3), strike subparagraph (B) and insert the 
     following: 
       ``(B) use not to exceed $5,000,000 of the funds made 
     available for fiscal year 2007 for Federal Transit 
     Administration Discretionary Programs, Bus and Bus Facilities 
     (without any local matching funds requirement) for operating 
     expenses of the Minnesota State department of transportation 
     for actual and necessary costs of maintenance and operation, 
     less the amount of fares earned, which are provided by the 
     Metropolitan Council (of Minnesota) as a temporary substitute 
     for highway traffic service following the collapse of the 
     Interstate I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 
     1, 2007, until highway traffic service is restored on such 
     bridge.

  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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