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Congressional Record—Senate S6728 S6728 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 27, 1997 liability settlement; to the Committee on value of our investment decline, but (b) HIGHWAY TIMBER BRIDGE RESEARCH AND Finance. lives are lost and our economic pros- CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.— By Mr. LOTT (for himself, Mr. LIEBER- perity is jeopardized. (1) TRANSFER TO TITLE 23.—Section 1039 of MAN, Mr. MURKOWSKI, Mr. HELMS, Mr. I am pleased to work with my dear the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi- ciency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 105 COVERDELL, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. friend and House colleague, Congress- ROBB, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. MCCAIN, Stat. 1990) is— Mr. NICKLES, Mr. ROTH, Mrs. FEIN- woman EMERSON to introduce this bill (A) transferred to title 23, United States STEIN, and Mr. CRAIG): in both Houses—the Safe Bridges Act Code; S. Res. 105. Resolution expressing the sense of 1997. (B) redesignated as section 144A of that of the Senate that the people of the United The Safe Bridges Act of 1997 is our title; and States wish the people of Hong Kong good marker to stress to our colleagues from (C) inserted after section 144 of that title. fortune as they embark on their historic around the country that bridges are an (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— transition of sovereignty from Great Britain important and necessary component to (A) Section 144A of title 23, United States to the People’s Republic of China; considered this country’s transportation system. Code (as added by paragraph (1)), is amend- and agreed to. Properly maintained and constructed ed— By Mr. MOYNIHAN (for himself and (i) by striking the section heading and in- Mr. D’AMATO): bridges help save lives and provide for serting the following: S. Con. Res. 35. Concurrent resolution urg- the efficient movement of people and ‘‘§ 144A. Highway timber bridge research and ing the United States Postal Service to issue goods in this country. construction program’’; If we want to secure our foundation— a commemorative postage stamp to cele- (ii) in subsection (e)— brate the 150th anniversary of the First we must renew our investment. (I) by striking ‘‘of title 23, United States Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- Code, for each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, Falls, NY; to the Committee on Govern- sent that the text of the bill be printed 1995, 1996, and 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘for each mental Affairs. in the RECORD. of fiscal years 1998 through 2003’’; and f There being no objection, the bill was (II) in paragraph (2), by striking STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as ‘‘($7,000,000 in the case of fiscal year 1992)’’; and BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS follows: S. 975 (iii) by striking subsection (f). By Mr. BOND: (B) The analysis for chapter 1 of title 23, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- S. 975. A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting resentatives of the United States of America in after the item relating to section 144 the fol- United States Code, to extend the Congress assembled, lowing: bridge discretionary program, and for SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘144A. Highway timber bridge research and This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Bridges other purposes; to the Committee on construction program.’’. Act of 1997’’. Environment and Public Works. SEC. 4. INNOVATIVE HIGHWAY STEEL BRIDGE RE- SEC. 2. FINDINGS. THE SAFE BRIDGES ACT OF 1997 SEARCH AND CONSTRUCTION PRO- Congress finds that— Mr. BOND. Mr. President, this bill I GRAM. (1) bridges are important and necessary (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, am introducing today is a bridge dis- components of the surface transportation United States Code, is amended by inserting cretionary bill. We cannot forget in our system of the United States; after section 144A (as added by section reauthorization of the Nation’s trans- (2) bridges are an important factor in the 3(b)(1)) the following: portation policy the importance of efficient movement of people and goods; ‘‘§ 144B. Innovative highway steel bridge re- maintaining our bridges. (3) properly maintained and constructed search and construction program bridges help save lives; Missouri has approximately 23,000 ‘‘(a) RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Secretary bridges in total. (4) more than 25 percent of the bridges on shall make grants to other Federal agencies, the Interstate System are classified as defi- Unfortunately, the State of Missouri, universities, private businesses, nonprofit or- cient or in poor condition; and ganizations, and research or engineering en- according to Department of Transpor- (5) an investment of more than tation statistics ranks sixth from the tities to carry out research concerning— $5,000,000,000 annually is needed to maintain ‘‘(1) the development of new, cost-effective bottom on conditions of bridges in this the bridges that are in existence as of the highway steel bridge applications; country. This is a deplorable place for date of enactment of this Act. ‘‘(2) the development of engineering design the State of Missouri to be. SEC. 3. BRIDGE DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM. criteria for steel products and materials for We must start taking better care of (a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 144(g) use in highway bridges and structures to im- our roads and bridges and begin build- of title 23, United States Code, is amended by prove steel design properties; ing roads for the 21st century—with striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol- ‘‘(3) the development of highway steel lowing: bridges and structures that will withstand new technologies, new materials, and ‘‘(1) DISCRETIONARY BRIDGE PROGRAM.— better designs. natural disasters; ‘‘(A) SET ASIDE.—For each fiscal year, be- ‘‘(4) the development of products, mate- According to the American Associa- fore any apportionment is made under sub- rials, and systems for use in highway steel tion of State Highway and Transpor- section (e), the Secretary shall set aside bridges that demonstrate new alternatives to tation Officials America must address $500,000,000 from the funds authorized to current processes and procedures with re- the deficiencies of over 11,000 bridges carry out this section. spect to performance in various environ- per year just to maintain current lev- ‘‘(B) USE OF SET ASIDE.—The amount set ments; and els of condition. aside under subparagraph (A) shall be avail- ‘‘(5) rehabilitation measures that dem- able for obligation in the same manner and onstrate effective, safe, and reliable methods According to the Department of to the same extent as the sums apportioned Transportation, the cost to improve for the use of steel in rehabilitating highway under subsection (e), except that— bridges and structures. bridge conditions would require an an- ‘‘(i) the amount shall be available for obli- ‘‘(b) TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION TRANS- nual investment of $8.9 billion. gation at the discretion of the Secretary; FER.—The Secretary shall take such action Let us not lose the hard-won gains in ‘‘(ii) for each fiscal year, $8,500,000 of the as is necessary to ensure that the informa- our transportation infrastructure. amount shall be available to carry out sec- tion and technology resulting from research Let’s not squander our investment. tion 144A; conducted under subsection (a) is made Postponing taking care of our bridge ‘‘(iii) for each fiscal year, $12,500,000 of the available to State and local transportation amount shall be available to carry out sec- needs only means that our investment departments and other interests as specified tion 144B; by the Secretary. declines and to make repairs later will ‘‘(iv) for each fiscal year, $15,000,000 of the ‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION GRANTS.— cost more. The cliche does say ‘‘Pay amount shall be available to carry out sec- ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall now or pay More later.’’ tion 144C; and make grants to States for projects for the Taking care of our transportation in- ‘‘(v) the remainder of the amount shall be construction of steel bridges and structures frastructure can be compared to taking available in accordance with paragraph (2). on Federal-aid highways. care of your home. If you fail to fix the ‘‘(C) OTHER STATE FUNDS.—Funds made ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.— leaky roof, fail to re-paint, fail to ade- available to a State under subparagraph (B) ‘‘(A) SUBMISSION.—A State that desires to shall not be considered in determining the receive a grant under this subsection shall quately insulate, your costs increase apportionments and allocations that the submit an application to the Secretary. and the value of your home declines. State shall be entitled to receive, under the ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The application shall be If we fail to maintain and reinvest in other provisions of this title and other law, in such form and contain such information our Nation’s bridges not only does the of amounts in the Highway Trust Fund.’’. as the Secretary may require by regulation. VerDate Mar 15 2010 22:28 Oct 24, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\1997SENATE\S27JN7.REC S27JN7 mmaher on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with SOCIALSECURITY June 27, 1997 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6729 ‘‘(3) APPROVAL CRITERIA.—The Secretary construction or seismic retrofit of bridges on watersheds provide high-quality water shall select and approve applications for the National Highway System. supplies for drinking, agriculture, in- grants under this subsection based on wheth- ‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.— dustry, as well as habitat for rec- er the project that is the subject of the ‘‘(A) SUBMISSION.—A State that desires to reational and commercial fisheries and grant— receive a grant under this subsection shall ‘‘(A) has a design that has both initial and submit an application to the Secretary.
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