To authorize additional funds for emergency repairs and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000…
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| Date | Chamber | What was voted on | Result | Yes–No | |
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| Aug 3, 2007 | House · vote #819 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 421–0 | See who voted → |
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| Amendment | Sponsor | Status |
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| SAMDT 2,654 | — | Agreed to |
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Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a project for the repair and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007.
Makes the federal share of the project cost 100%.
Authorizes appropriations.
Waives, for such project, the $100 million per state single-failure (or, single-disaster) highway-related total obligation limitation.
Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to authorize the Secretary to: (1) use such single-failure (or, single-disaster) highway-related funds for the repair and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007; and (2) use no more than $5 million of funds made available for FY2007 for Federal Transit Administration Discretionary Programs, Bus and Bus Facilities (without any local matching funds requirement) to reimburse the Minnesota state department of transportation for actual and necessary costs of maintenance and operation (less the amount of fares earned) for providing temporary substitute highway traffic service following the collapse of the Interstate I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 1, 2007, until highway traffic service is restored on such bridge. Makes the federal share of the project cost 100%.
Became Public Law No: 110-56.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3311: To authorize additional funds for emergency repairs and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000 limitation on emergency relief funds for those emergency repairs and reconstruction, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3311/
"H.R. 3311: To authorize additional funds for emergency repairs and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000 limitation on emergency relief funds for those emergency repairs and reconstruction, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3311/.
H.R. 3311, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3311/.
[H.R. 3311: To authorize additional funds for emergency repairs and reconstruction of the Interstate I-35 bridge located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007, to waive the $100,000,000 limitation on emergency relief funds for those emergency repairs and reconstruction, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3311/)