[112th Congress Public Law 100]
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Public Law 112-100
112th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate 
     mitigation measures to promote river values. <<NOTE: Mar. 14, 
                          2012 -  [S. 1134]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: St. Croix River 
Crossing Project Authorization Act.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``St. Croix River Crossing Project 
Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECT WITH MITIGATION MEASURES.

    Notwithstanding section 7(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1278(a)), the head of any Federal agency or department may 
authorize and assist in the construction of a new extradosed bridge 
crossing the St. Croix River approximately 6 miles north of the I-94 
crossing if the mitigation items described in paragraph 9 of the 2006 
St. Croix River Crossing Project Memorandum of Understanding for 
Implementation of Riverway Mitigation Items, signed by the Federal 
Highway Administration on March 28, 2006, and by the National Park 
Service on March 27, 2006 (including any subsequent amendments to the 
Memorandum of Understanding), are included as enforceable conditions.
SEC. 3. OFFSET.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
made available for items 676, 813, 3186, 4358, and 5132 in the table 
contained in section 1702 of the SAFETEA-LU (119 Stat. 1288, 1380, 1423) 
shall be subject to the limitation on obligations for Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction programs distributed under 
section 120(a)(6) of title I of division C of Public Law 112-55 (23 
U.S.C. 104 note; 125 Stat. 652).
    (b) Rescission.--Any obligation authority made available until used 
to a State as a result of receipt of contract authority for the items 
described in subsection (a) that remains available to the State as of 
the date of enactment of this Act is permanently rescinded.
SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with 
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the

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Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, 
provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on 
passage.

    Approved March 14, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1134:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 112-124 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012):
            Jan. 23, considered and passed Senate.
            Feb. 29, Mar. 1, considered and passed House.

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