SA 2165. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:
At the appropriate place, add the following: Section 144(g)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``for the construction of a bridge joining the Island of Gravina to the community of Ketchikan in Alaska'' and inserting ``for the reconstruction of the Twin Spans Bridge connecting New Orleans, Louisiana, and Slidell, Louisiana'';
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
(b) Item number 14 of the table contained in section 1302 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144) is amended--
(1) by striking ``AK'' and inserting ``LA''; and
(2) by striking ``Planning, design, and construction of Knik Arm Bridge'' and inserting ``Reconstruction of Twin Spans Bridge connecting New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana''.
(c) The table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144) is amended--
(1) in item number 406--
(A) by striking ``AK'' and inserting ``LA''; and
(B) by striking ``Planning, design, and construction of a bridge joining the Island of Gravina to the Community of Ketchikan'' and inserting ``Reconstruction of Twin Spans Bridge connecting New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana'';
(2) in item number 2465--
(A) by striking ``AK'' and inserting ``LA''; and
(B) by striking ``Planning, design, and construction of Knik Arm Bridge'' and inserting ``Reconstruction of Twin Spans Bridge connecting New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana'';
(3) in item number 3323--
(A) by striking ``AK'' and inserting ``LA''; and
(B) by striking ``Earthwork and roadway construction Gravina Access Project'' and inserting ``Reconstruction of Twin Spans Bridge connecting New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana''; and
(4) in item number 3677--
(A) by striking ``AK'' and inserting ``LA''; and
(B) by striking ``Planning, design, and construction of Knik Arm Bridge'' and inserting ``Reconstruction of Twin Spans Bridge connecting New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana''.
(d) Item number 2 of the table contained in section 1934 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144) is amended--
(1) by striking ``AK'' and inserting ``LA''; and
(2) by striking ``Improvements to the Knik Arm Bridge'' and inserting ``Reconstruction of Twin Spans Bridge connecting New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana''.
(e) Sections 1949, 4410, and 4411 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109-59; 119 Stat. 1144) are repealed.
(f) No funds made available under this Act shall be used to plan, design, or construct, in the State of Alaska--
(1) the Knik Arm Bridge; or
(2) a bridge joining the Island of Gravina to the community of Ketchikan.
(g) Nothing in this section or an amendment made by this section affects the allocation of funds to any State other than the States of Alaska and Louisiana.
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