S.Amdt. 1600

SA 1600. Mr. MERKLEY 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:

On page 91, between lines 14 and 15, insert:

“(C) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the requirement in subparagraph (A) for any State in which the State transportation agency and organizations representing local governments that own at least 80 percent of the local government bridges in the State are able to reach agreement on an alternative bridge investment strategy that provides an amount for bridges owned by public entities other than the State transportation agency equal to at least the amount of funds required to be obligated by the State for off-system bridges for fiscal year 2009 under section 144(f)(2), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the MAP-21.