[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14407]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    GRANTING THE CONSENT OF CONGRESS

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary Committee be 
discharged from further consideration of S.J. Res. 22 and the Senate 
proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the joint resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (S.J. Res. 22) to grant the consent of 
     Congress to an amendment to the compact between the States of 
     Missouri and Illinois providing that bonds issued by the Bi-
     State Development Agency may mature in not to exceed 40 
     years.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the joint 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the joint resolution be passed, the 
preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be considered made and 
laid upon the table, there be no intervening action or debate, and any 
statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 22), with its preamble reads as 
follows:

                              S.J. Res. 22

       Whereas to grant the consent of Congress to an amendment to 
     the compact between the States of Missouri and Illinois 
     providing that bonds issued by the Bi-State Development 
     Agency may mature in not to exceed 40 years;
       Whereas the Congress in consenting to the compact between 
     Missouri and Illinois creating the Bi-State Development 
     Agency and the Bi-State Metropolitan District provided that 
     no power shall be exercised by the Bi-State Agency until such 
     power has been conferred upon the Bi-State Agency by the 
     legislatures of the States to the compact and approved by an 
     Act of Congress;
       Whereas such States previously enacted legislation 
     providing that the Bi-State Agency had the power to issue 
     notes, bonds, or other instruments in writing provided they 
     shall mature in not to exceed 30 years, and Congress 
     consented to such power; and
       Whereas such States have now enacted legislation amending 
     this power: Now therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. CONSENT.

       (a) In General.--The consent of Congress is given to the 
     amendment of the powers conferred on the Bi-State Development 
     Agency by Senate Bill 758, Laws of Missouri 2010 and Public 
     Act 96-1520 (Senate Bill 3342), Laws of Illinois 2010.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment to the powers conferred 
     by the Acts consented to in subsection (a) shall take effect 
     on December 17, 2010.

     SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF ACT OF AUGUST 31, 1950.

       The provisions of the Act of August 31, 1950 (64 Stat. 568) 
     shall apply to the amendment approved under this joint 
     resolution to the same extent as if such amendment was 
     conferred under the provisions of the compact consented to in 
     such Act.

     SEC. 3. RIGHT TO ALTER, AMEND, OR REPEAL.

       The right to alter, amend, or repeal this joint resolution 
     is expressly reserved.

     SEC. 4. RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.

       The right is reserved to Congress to require the disclosure 
     and furnishings of such information or data by the Bi-State 
     Development Agency as is deemed appropriate by Congress.

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