# Public Law 112-100 *Federal statute (2012) authorizing a St. Croix River bridge notwithstanding section 7(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act* Public Law 112-100, the *St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act*, is a federal statute signed on March 14, 2012.[^1] It authorizes "the head of any Federal agency or department" to authorize and assist construction of a new extradosed bridge across the St. Croix River, about 6 miles north of the I-94 crossing.[^2] The enrolled bill was S. 1134 of the 112th Congress.[^3] The act covers that single named project. It allows construction to proceed "notwithstanding section 7(a)" of the [[Wild and Scenic Rivers Act]].[^4] It also makes the riverway mitigation items of a 2006 Memorandum of Understanding enforceable conditions of the authorization.[^5] The project's at-issue record draws on news reporting for the background to the act. It places the act after a reversal by the [[National Park Service]] and a court finding against the Service. It also records that the bridge opened on August 2, 2017 at a cost of $646 million. The record holds no primary source for these points.[^6] ## What The act grants its authority to "the head of any Federal agency or department", who may authorize and assist construction of the bridge.[^2] The statute describes the bridge as an extradosed crossing of the St. Croix River about 6 miles north of the I-94 crossing.[^2] The grant applies "notwithstanding section 7(a)" of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.[^4] It is conditioned on the riverway mitigation items in the 2006 Memorandum of Understanding being enforceable conditions.[^5] The record does not include the text of that Memorandum.[^5] ## When The act was signed on March 14, 2012.[^1] Its enrolled text is that of S. 1134 in the 112th Congress.[^3] The record does not show the bill's sponsors, the votes in either chamber, or the signing official. The parties that enacted the act therefore cannot be stated from it.[^3] The project's at-issue entry gives August 2, 2017 as the bridge's opening date. No primary source for that date is in the record.[^6] ## Where The statute places the crossing on the St. Croix River, about 6 miles north of the I-94 crossing.[^2] The project's at-issue entry places the bridge in Washington County.[^6] ## In the at-issue record Entry AI-Washington-050 sets the act's section 7(a) exemption beside the agency sequence that preceded it.[^6] According to the entry, the National Park Service first approved the project and then reversed itself. The entry then says a court found the Service "arbitrary and capricious" in the other direction before Congress acted.[^6] The entry also gives the bridge's opening date as August 2, 2017 and its cost as $646 million.[^6] The record does not carry the court's name, caption, docket or ruling, or the Park Service's decision documents. The sequence is therefore stated only as the entry gives it.[^6] The entry's primary anchor is the statute text. That text supports the authorization and its "notwithstanding section 7(a)" clause.[^4] ## Notes [^1]: U.S. Congress, *Public Law 112-100, St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act* (March 14, 2012) — enacted title and date of signing. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-112publ100/pdf/PLAW-112publ100.pdf [^2]: U.S. Congress, *Public Law 112-100, St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act* (March 14, 2012) — authorizes "the head of any Federal agency or department" to authorize and assist construction of a new extradosed bridge crossing the St. Croix River about 6 miles north of the I-94 crossing. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-112publ100/pdf/PLAW-112publ100.pdf [^3]: U.S. Congress (text via GovTrack), *S. 1134, 112th Congress, enrolled bill text* — enrolled text of the bill enacted as Public Law 112-100. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s1134/text/enr [^4]: U.S. Congress, *Public Law 112-100, St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act* (March 14, 2012) — authorization granted notwithstanding section 7(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-112publ100/pdf/PLAW-112publ100.pdf [^5]: U.S. Congress, *Public Law 112-100, St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act* (March 14, 2012) — conditions the authorization on the 2006 Memorandum of Understanding riverway mitigation items being enforceable conditions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-112publ100/pdf/PLAW-112publ100.pdf [^6]: Minnesota wiki at-issue record, entry AI-Washington-050, *The County That Got the Prison* (dossier dated September 2, 2026) — this entry is the source for the Park Service approval and reversal, the court's "arbitrary and capricious" finding, and the bridge's opening on August 2, 2017 at $646 million. The entry lists CBS News reporting and the statute text as its sources. No primary source for these points is in the record, and the statute text does not contain them.