S.Amdt. 1543
What it does: Rewrites section 119(e)(1)
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN)What it changes
1 change to S. 1813
Rewrites section 119(e)(1)
ReplacesSection 119(e)(1) of title 23, United States Code (as amended by section 1106)Removes section 119(e)(1).
Inserted: (P) Replacement (including replacement with fill material), rehabilitation, preservation, and protection (including scour countermeasures, seismic retrofits, impact protection measures, security countermeasures, and protection against extreme events) of bridges on Federal-aid highways (other than on the National Highway System).
Inserted: (e) Limitation on New Capacity.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the maximum amount that a State may obligate under this section for projects under subparagraphs (G) and (P) of subsection (d)(2) and that is attributable to the portion of the cost of any project undertaken to expand the capacity of eligible facilities on the National Highway System, in a case in which the new capacity consists of 1 or more new travel lanes that are not high-occupancy vehicle lanes, shall not, in total, exceed 40 percent of the combined apportionments of a State under section 104(b)(1) for the most recent 3 consecutive years.
Original wording
In section 119 of title 23, United States Code (as amended by section 1106), strike subsection (e)(1) and insert the following:
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As printed
SA 1543. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Mr. Blunt) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In section 119 of title 23, United States Code (as amended by section 1106), strike subsection (e)(1) and insert the following:
“(P) Replacement (including replacement with fill material), rehabilitation, preservation, and protection (including scour countermeasures, seismic retrofits, impact protection measures, security countermeasures, and protection against extreme events) of bridges on Federal-aid highways (other than on the National Highway System).
“(e) Limitation on New Capacity.--
“(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the maximum amount that a State may obligate under this section for projects under subparagraphs (G) and (P) of subsection (d)(2) and that is attributable to the portion of the cost of any project undertaken to expand the capacity of eligible facilities on the National Highway System, in a case in which the new capacity consists of 1 or more new travel lanes that are not high-occupancy vehicle lanes, shall not, in total, exceed 40 percent of the combined apportionments of a State under section 104(b)(1) for the most recent 3 consecutive years.
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Senate amendment submitted
February 13, 2012