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33 U.S.C. § 535 — Congressional consent to construction, maintenance, and operation of international bridges; conditions of consent
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The consent of Congress is hereby granted to the construction, maintenance, and operation of any bridge and approaches thereto, which will connect the United States with any foreign country (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as an “international bridge”) and to the collection of tolls for its use, so far as the United States has jurisdiction. Such consent shall be subject to (1) the approval of the proper authorities in the foreign country concerned; (2) the provisions of sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, except [section 496 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section496&num=0&edition=prelim), whether or not such bridge is to be built across or over any of the navigable waters of the United States; and (3) of the provisions of this subchapter.
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The consent of Congress is hereby granted to the construction, maintenance, and operation of any bridge and approaches thereto, which will connect the United States with any foreign country (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as an “international bridge”) and to the collection of tolls for its use, so far as the United States has jurisdiction. Such consent shall be subject to (1) the approval of the proper authorities in the foreign country concerned; (2) the provisions of sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, except [section 496 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section496&num=0&edition=prelim), whether or not such bridge is to be built across or over any of the navigable waters of the United States; and (3) of the provisions of this subchapter.
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Whenever Congress shall after March 23, 1906, by law authorize the construction of any bridge over or across any of the navigable waters of the United States, and no time for the commencement and completion of such bridge is named in said Act, the authority thereby granted shall cease and be null and void unless the actual construction of the bridge authorized in such Act be commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of the passage of such Act.
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**(a) Basic Program.—**
(1) **Authorization for federal participation.—** — Subject to the provisions of this section, Federal participation shall be permitted on the same basis and in the same manner as construction of toll-free highways is permitted under this chapter in the—
(A) initial construction of a toll highway, bridge, or tunnel or approach to the highway, bridge, or tunnel;
(B) initial construction of 1 or more lanes or other improvements that increase capacity of a highway, bridge, or tunnel (other than a highway on the Interstate System) and conversion of that highway, bridge, or tunnel to a tolled facility, if the number of toll-free lanes, excluding auxiliary lanes, after the construction is not less than the number of toll-free lanes, excluding auxiliary lanes, before the construction;
(C) initial construction of 1 or more lanes or other improvements that increase the capacity of a highway, bridge, or tunnel on the Interstate System and conversion of that highway, bridge, or tunnel to a tolled facility, if the number of toll-free non-HOV lanes, excluding auxiliary lanes, after such construction is not less than the number of toll-free non-HOV lanes, excluding auxiliary lanes, before such construction;
(D) reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, or replacement of a toll highway, bridge, or tunnel or approach to the highway, bridge, or tunnel;
(E) reconstruction or replacement of a toll-free bridge or tunnel and conversion of the bridge or tunnel to a toll facility;
(F) reconstruction of a toll-free Federal-aid highway (other than a highway on the Interstate System) and conversion of the highway to a toll facility;
(G) reconstruction, restoration, or rehabilitation of a highway on the Interstate System if the number
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Tolls for passage or transit over any bridge constructed under the authority of the Act of March 23, 1906, commonly known as the “Bridge Act of 1906”, the General Bridge Act of 1946 [[33 U.S.C. 525](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section525&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and the International Bridge Act of 1972 [[33 U.S.C. 535](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section535&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] shall be just and reasonable.
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No bridge may be constructed, maintained, and operated as provided in [section 535 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section535&num=0&edition=prelim) unless the President has given his approval thereto. In the course of determining whether to grant such approval, the President shall secure the advice and recommendations of (1) the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, in the case of a bridge connecting the United States and Mexico, and (2) the heads of such departments and agencies of the Federal Government as he deems appropriate to determine the necessity for such bridge.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 535
such bridge and its approaches, as are possessed
by railroad corporations for railroad purposes or
by bridge corporations for bridge purposes in the
State in which such real estate or other prop-
erty is situated, upon making just compensation
therefor to be ascertained and paid according to
the laws of such State, and the proceedings
therefor shall be the same as in the condemna-
tion or expropriation of property for public pur-
poses in such State.
(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title V, § 509, 60 Stat. 849.)
§ 533. Penalties for violations
(a) Criminal penalties for violation
Any person who willfully fails or refuses to
comply with any lawful order of the Secretary
of the department in which the Coast Guard is
operating or the Chief of Engineers issued under
the provisions of this subchapter, or who will-
fully fails to comply with any specific condition
imposed by the Chief of Engineers and the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast
Guard is operating relating to the maintenance
and operation of bridges, or who willfully re-
fuses to produce books, papers, or documents in
obedience to a subpena or other lawful require-
ment under this subchapter, or who otherwise
willfully violates any provisions of this sub-
chapter, shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun-
ished by a fine of not to exceed $5,000 or by im-
prisonment for not more than one year, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
(b) Civil penalties for violation; separate of-
fenses; notice and hearing; assessment, col-
lection, and remission; civil actions
Whoever violates any provision of this sub-
chapter, or any order issued under this sub-
chapter, shall be liable to a civil penalty of not
more than $5,000 for a violation occu
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