A bill to authorize the construction of a bridge on lock and dam No. 13 on the Arkansas River near Fort Smith.

Increases to 19,261,000 (now $16,761,000) the amount available to the Secretary of Transportation as an emergency fund to reimburse any agency for any additional costs or expenditures which it may be required to incur in designing and constructing any public highway bridges upon and across any dam under its jurisdiction.

Provides that the $2,500,000 increase authorized above shall be available for expenditure only in connection with the construction of a bridge across lock and dam numbered 13 on the Arkansas River near Fort Smith, Arkansas.