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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 11 — Bridges Over Navigable Waters

§ 535a. Congressional consent to State agreements with Canada and Mexico; Secretary of State’s approval of agreements

Statutory text

The consent of Congress is hereby granted for a State or a subdivision or instrumentality thereof to enter into agreements—

(1)

with the Government of Canada, a Canadian Province, or a subdivision or instrumentality of either, in the case of a bridge connecting the United States and Canada, or

(2)

with the Government of Mexico, a Mexican State, or a subdivision or instrumentality of either, in the case of a bridge connecting the United States and Mexico,

for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge in accordance with the applicable provisions of this subchapter. The effectiveness of such agreement shall be conditioned on its approval by the Secretary of State.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. International Bridge Act of 1972

    Pub. L. 92–434 § 3 · 86 Stat. 731

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 535a

    (Pub. L. 92–434, § 3, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 731.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 92–434, § 3, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 731.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. The consent of Congress is hereby granted for a State or a Agreements with Canada and Mexico, consent of Congress. subdivision or instrumentality thereof to enter into agreements— (1) with the Government of Canada, a Canadian Province, or a subdivision or instrumentality of either, in the case of a bridge connecting the United States and Canada, or (2) with the Government of Mexico, a Mexican State, or a subdivision or instrumentality of either, in the case of a bridge connecting the United States and Mexico, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of such bridge in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Act. The effectiveness Secretary of State, approval. of such agreement shall be conditioned on its approval by the Secretary of State.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 92–434, § 3, , 86 Stat. 731.)

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