[118th Congress Public Law 80]
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Public Law 118-80
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To provide for the expansion of the Starr-Camargo Bridge near Rio Grande 
   City, Texas, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Sept. 13, 2024 -  [S. 
                                1608]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Starr-Camargo 
Bridge Expansion Act.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Starr-Camargo Bridge Expansion Act''.
SEC. 2. STARR-CAMARGO BRIDGE.

    (a) Authorization.--The first section of Public Law 87-532 (76 Stat. 
153; 130 Stat. 411) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and expand'' after ``construct'';
                    (B) by inserting ``, including the expansion and 
                addition of adjacent spans to the existing international 
                bridge,'' after ``thereto'';
                    (C) by inserting ``multimodal toll'' after ``14'';
                    (D) by striking ``to maintain'' and inserting ``and 
                to maintain, control,''; and
                    (E) by striking ``such bridge'' and inserting 
                ``those bridges''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by inserting ``expansion,'' after ``construction,''.

    (b) Rights of Starr-Camargo Bridge Company and Successors and 
Assigns.--Section 3(a) of Public Law 87-532 (76 Stat. 153; 130 Stat. 
411) is amended by inserting ``, as needed for the location, 
construction, expansion, control, operation, and maintenance of the 
bridges referred to in subsection (a)(2) at or near Rio Grande City, 
Texas'' after ``chapter 466)''.
    (c) Sunset.--Section 5 of Public Law 87-532 (76 Stat. 153; 130 Stat. 
411) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``by the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company and 
        its successors and assigns'' after ``constructed'';
            (2) by striking ``three'' and inserting ``60'';
            (3) by striking ``five'' and inserting ``65''; and
            (4) by striking ``date of enactment of this Act'' and 
        inserting ``date of enactment of the Starr-Camargo Bridge 
        Expansion Act''.

    (d) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section or the amendments 
made by this section--

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            (1) grants new rights or duties to the San Benito 
        International Bridge Company (known as the ``Free Trade 
        International Bridge'' as of the date of enactment of this Act); 
        or
            (2) alters, repeals, or voids any rights or duties held by 
        the San Benito International Bridge Company (known as the ``Free 
        Trade International Bridge'' as of the date of enactment of this 
        Act) under Public Law 87-532 (76 Stat. 153; 130 Stat. 411), as 
        in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.

    Approved September 13, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1608:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 169 (2023):
                                    July 27, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.
                                                        Vol. 170 (2024):
                                    Sept. 9, considered and passed 
                                        House.

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