Section 5. Authority to enter into agreement for construction, operation and maintenance.
The Secretary of Transportation is further authorized to enter into an agreement with the Department of Transportation of New Jersey, the United States Department of Transportation and the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission providing for the operation and maintenance or the construction, operation and maintenance of the proposed Easton-Phillipsburg bridge by the commission. The provisions of the compact and all amendments and supplements thereto shall be applicable to the construction, operation and maintenance of the bridge facility except as otherwise provided for by Federal law or in the agreement between the parties.