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A bill 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…

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A bill 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.

Introduced: August 2, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Aug 2, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 use such single-failure (or, single-disaster) highway-related funds to reimburse the Minnesota state department of transportation for actual and necessary costs of maintenance and operation (less the amount of fares earned) for additional public transportation services and traveler information services it provides as a temporary substitute for highway traffic service following the bridge collapse, until highway traffic service is restored on such bridge. Sets the federal share of the cost of reimbursed activities at 100%.

What's happening now August 2, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Aug 2, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1937: A bill 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-S-1937/
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"S. 1937: A bill 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-S-1937/.
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S. 1937, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1937/.
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[S. 1937: A bill 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-S-1937/)
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