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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2143
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 21, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
AN ACT
To provide for the authority for the successors and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, and for other purposes.
1.
Starr-Camargo Bridge
Public Law 87–532 (76 Stat. 153) is amended—
(1) in the first section, in subsection (a)(2)—
(A) by inserting , and its successors and assigns, after State of Texas;
(B) by inserting consisting of not more than 14 lanes after approaches thereto; and
(C) by striking and for a period of sixty-six years from the date of completion of such bridge,;
(2) in section 2, by inserting and its successors and assigns, after companies;
(3) by redesignating sections 3, 4, and 5 as sections 4, 5, and 6, respectively;
(4) by inserting after section 2 the following:
3.
Rights of Starr-Camargo Bridge Company and successors and assigns
(a)
In general
The Starr-Camargo Bridge Company and its successors and assigns shall have the rights and privileges granted to the B and P Bridge Company and its successors and assigns under section 2 of the Act of May 1, 1928 (45 Stat. 471, chapter 466).
(b)
Requirement
In exercising the rights and privileges granted under subsection (a), the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company and its successors and assigns shall act in accordance with—
(1) just compensation requirements;
(2) public proceeding requirements; and
(3) any other requirements applicable to the exercise of the rights referred to in subsection (a) under the laws of the State of Texas.
; and
(5) in section 4 (as redesignated by paragraph (3))—
(A) by inserting and its successors and assigns, after such company;
(B) by striking or after public agency,;
(C) by inserting or to a corporation, after international bridge authority or commission,; and
(D) by striking authority, or commission each place it appears and inserting authority, commission, or corporation.
Passed the Senate March 17, 2016.Julie E. Adams,Secretary