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 ^i~f -^{..'^ PUBLIC LAW 104-59—NOV. 28, 1995 109 STAT. 631 (A) relieve the Capital Region jurisdictions of the sole and exclusive responsibility to maintain and operate the Bridge; or (B) relieve the Secretary of the responsibility to rehabilitate the Bridge or to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and all other requirements applicable with respect to the Bridge. (b) TRANSFERS OF JURISDICTION.— For the purpose of making the conveyance under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior and the head of any other Federal department or agency that has jurisdiction over land under or adjacent to the Bridge shall transfer such jurisdiction to the Secretary. (c) AGREEMENT. — (1) IN GENERAL. —The agreement referred to in subsection (a) is an agreement concerning the Project that is executed in accordance with this subsection. (2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than October 1, 1996, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a proposed agreement between the Secretary and the Signatories that specifies— (A) the selected alternative, implementation schedule, and costs of the Project; (B) the Federal share of the costs of the activities to be carried out as part of the Project, including, at a minimum, a 100 percent Federal share of— (i) the cost of the continuing rehabilitation of the Bridge until such time as the Project is constructed and operational; (ii) an amount, as determined by the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Coordination Committee, equivalent to the cost of replacing the Bridge with a comparable modern bridge designed according to current engineering standards; and (iii) the cost of planning, preliminary engineering and design, environmental studies and documentation, and final engineering for the Project; and (C) the Federal share of the cost of activities to be carried out as part of the project after September 30, 1997, will be reduced by amounts expended by the United States for activities (other than environmental studies and documentation) described in subparagraph (B)(iii) in fiscal years 1996 and 1997. (3) APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT.— After the enactment of a Federal law approving an agreement described in paragraph (2), the Secretary may execute the agreement. SEC. 408. PROJECT PLANNING. The Secretary shall work with the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Coordination Committee, or with the Authority consistent with the purpose of the Authority, to complete, at the earliest possible date, planning, preliminary engineering and design, environmental studies and documentation, and final engineering for the Project, consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other applicable Federal laws.

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