International Bridge Act of 1971: Hearing, Ninety-second Congress, First Session, on H.R. 6274 ... September 16, 1971 |
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AL CISNEROS approval authority Boundary and Water BRARY bridge connecting bridge legislation Bridge revenues CAIN Canada Canadian Chairman CISNEROS City of Laredo City of McAllen city of Roma Committee on Foreign CONGRES LIBRARY Congress is hereby CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Congressional connecting the United consent of Congress constitutional cost counties DANTE DANTE FASCELL Eagle Pass enacted entity existing bridges facilities FASCELL Federal Government Foreign Affairs free bridge FRIEDKIN GARZA granted highway HOLLIS Inter-American Affairs international boundary International Bridge Act International Toll Bridge J. C. MARTIN jurisdiction KAZEN LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS maintenance Mexican border Mexico municipal navigable waters October 15 operation Pennsylvania Turnpike Presidio Progreso proposed International Bridge pursuant Rio Grande City Rio Grande River Secretary of Transportation Stanton Street Bridge Stat statement Subcommittee on Inter-American subdivision or instrumentality submitted substitute bill Texas tion toll free traffic WHALLEY
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Page 5 - An accurate record of the amount paid for acquiring the bridge and its approaches, the actual expenditures for maintaining, repairing, and operating the same, and of the daily tolls collected, shall be kept and shall be available for the information of all persons interested.
Page 31 - The consent of the Congress is hereby given to any two or more States to enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law of the United States, for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the comprehensive planning for the growth and development of interstate, metropolitan, or other urban areas...
Page 31 - ... and enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law or treaty of the United States, for (1) cooperative effort and mutual assistance for the prevention and...
Page 5 - That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect, impair, or diminish any right, power, or jurisdiction of the United States or of any court, department, board, bureau, officer, or official of the United States...
Page 4 - States or by any municipality or other political subdivision or public agency thereof, under the provisions of this title, the rates of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the reasonable cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge and its approaches under economical management, and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to amortize the amount paid...
Page 3 - To give the consent of Congress to the construction of certain international bridges...
Page 31 - An act granting the consent of Congress to any two or more states to enter into agreements or compacts for co-operative effort and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime and for other purposes.
Page 42 - ... the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Forest Service, the Corps of Engineers, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (United States and Mexico...
Page 30 - The Constitution does not state when the consent of Congress shall be given, whether it shall precede or may follow the compact made, or whether it shall be express or may be implied. In many cases the consent will usually precede the compact or agreement, as where it is to lay a duty of tonnage, to keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, or to engage in war.
Page 2 - California under the provisions of section 3 of this act, and if tolls are charged for the use thereof, the rates of toll shall be so adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay for the...