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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…

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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.

Introduced: October 6, 2015 Introduced by: Cuellar, Henry Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Feb 12, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Oct 6, 2015
Introduced in House
Oct 6, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill modifies the existing authority for the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande River near Rio Grande City, Texas.

The authority, which currently expires 66 years after completion of the bridge, is made permanent and expanded to include the successors or assigns of the company. The bridge must not consist of more than 14 lanes.

The company and its successors and assigns may use eminent domain to acquire certain land needed for the bridge, subject to Texas laws and requirements for just compensation and public proceedings.

What's happening now February 12, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

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All 2 Democratic 1
Poe, Ted
· Apr 20, 2016
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Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Apr 14, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3688: 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3688/
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"H.R. 3688: 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3688/.
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H.R. 3688, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3688/.
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[H.R. 3688: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3688/)
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