S.Amdt. 2136

SA 2136. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1095. EMERGENCY RELIEF.

Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (d)(1)(A) of
section 125 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of
Transportation is authorized to expend funds under that
section for the repair and reconstruction of the westbound
Washington Bridge, Interstate Route 195, located in
Providence, Rhode Island, in order to fully reopen all lanes
to traffic after the closure of that bridge that began on
December 11, 2023.
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