Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/1192

 119 STAT. 1174

23 USC 144.

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PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 Federal-aid highway, or to complete the Warwick Intermodal Station (including the construction of a people mover between the Station and the T.F. Green Airport). ‘‘(B) REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary, after consultation with State and local officials, may reduce the requirement for expenditure for bridges not on a Federal-aid highway under subparagraph (A) with respect to the State if the Secretary determines that the State has inadequate needs to justify the expenditure.’’. (e) BRIDGE SET-ASIDE.— (1) FISCAL YEAR 2005.—Section 144(g)(1)(C) of such title is amended— (A) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’; and (B) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’. (2) FISCAL YEARS 2006 THROUGH 2009.—Effective October 1, 2005, section 144(g) of such title (as amended by subsection (d) of this section) is amended— (A) by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting the following: ‘‘(g) BRIDGE SET-ASIDES.— ‘‘(1) DESIGNATED PROJECTS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the bridge program under this section for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009, all but $100,000,000 shall be apportioned as provided in subsection (e). Such $100,000,000 shall be available as follows: ‘‘(i) $12,500,000 per fiscal year for the Golden Gate Bridge. ‘‘(ii) $18,750,000 per fiscal year for the construction of a bridge joining the Island of Gravina to the community of Ketchikan in Alaska. ‘‘(iii) $12,500,000 per fiscal year to the State of Nevada for construction of a replacement of the federally owned bridge over the Hoover Dam in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. ‘‘(iv) $12,500,000 per fiscal year to the State of Missouri for construction of a structure over the Mississippi River to connect the City of St. Louis, Missouri, to the State of Illinois. ‘‘(v) $12,500,000 per fiscal year for replacement and reconstruction of State maintained bridges in the State of Oklahoma. ‘‘(vi) $4,500,000 per fiscal year for replacement of the Missisquoi Bay Bridge, Vermont. ‘‘(vii) $8,000,000 per fiscal year for replacement and reconstruction of State-maintained bridges in the State of Vermont. ‘‘(viii) $8,750,000 per fiscal year for design, planning, and right-of-way acquisition for the Interstate Route 74 bridge from Bettendorf, Iowa, to Moline, Illinois.

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