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S 2143 114th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Latin America Mexico Public contracts and procurement Roads and highways Texas

A bill 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: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 21 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2016
Became Public Law No: 114-163.
May 20, 2016
Signed by President.
May 18, 2016
Presented to President.
May 16, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 16, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2397-2398)
May 16, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2397-2398)
May 16, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2143.
May 16, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2397-2399)
May 16, 2016
Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Apr 20, 2016
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Apr 20, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 21, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 21, 2016
Received in the House.
Mar 18, 2016
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 17, 2016
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1606; text as passed Senate: CR S1606)
Mar 17, 2016
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1606; text as passed Senate: CR S1606)
Feb 24, 2016
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374.
Feb 24, 2016
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe without amendment. With written report No. 114-213.
Jan 20, 2016
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 6, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7161)
Oct 6, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) 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 (in 1966), 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 shall have the rights and privileges granted by federal law to the B and P Bridge Company, and may use eminent domain to acquire certain land needed for the bridge, subject to Texas laws and requirements for just compensation and public proceedings.

The company's successors and assigns may fix and charge tolls for transit over the bridge.

Those successors and assigns may also sell, assign, transfer, or mortgage the rights, powers, and privileges conferred on the company by the enacting law, to any public agency, to an international bridge authority or commission, or to a corporation.

Any such corporation may exercise such rights, powers, and privileges (including acquisition by mortgage foreclosure) as if they had been granted by the enacting law directly to the corporation.

What's happening now May 20, 2016

Became Public Law No: 114-163.

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