[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 126, 112th Congress, 2nd Session]
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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. <>

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <>
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the date of enactment of this Act is permanently rescinded.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.