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**(a) In General.—** Each State rail plan shall, at a minimum, contain the following:
(1) An inventory of the existing overall rail transportation system and rail services and facilities within the State and an analysis of the role of rail transportation within the State’s surface transportation system.
(2) A review of all rail lines within the State, including proposed high-speed rail corridors and significant rail line segments not currently in service.
(3) A statement of the State’s passenger rail service objectives, including minimum service levels, for rail transportation routes in the State.
(4) A general analysis of rail’s transportation, economic, and environmental impacts in the State, including congestion mitigation, trade and economic development, air quality, land-use, energy-use, and community impacts.
(5) A long-range rail investment program for current and future freight and passenger infrastructure in the State that meets the requirements of subsection (b).
(6) A statement of public financing issues for rail projects and service in the State, including a list of current and prospective public capital and operating funding resources, public subsidies, State taxation, and other financial policies relating to rail infrastructure development.
(7) An identification of rail infrastructure issues within the State that reflects consultation with all relevant stakeholders.
(8) A review of major passenger and freight intermodal rail connections and facilities within the State, including seaports, and prioritized options to maximize service integration and efficiency between rail and other modes of transportation within the State.
(9) A review of publicly funded projects within the State to improve rail transportation safety and security, including all maj
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**(a) In General.—** Each State rail plan shall, at a minimum, contain the following:
(1) An inventory of the existing overall rail transportation system and rail services and facilities within the State and an analysis of the role of rail transportation within the State’s surface transportation system.
(2) A review of all rail lines within the State, including proposed high-speed rail corridors and significant rail line segments not currently in service.
(3) A statement of the State’s passenger rail service objectives, including minimum service levels, for rail transportation routes in the State.
(4) A general analysis of rail’s transportation, economic, and environmental impacts in the State, including congestion mitigation, trade and economic development, air quality, land-use, energy-use, and community impacts.
(5) A long-range rail investment program for current and future freight and passenger infrastructure in the State that meets the requirements of subsection (b).
(6) A statement of public financing issues for rail projects and service in the State, including a list of current and prospective public capital and operating funding resources, public subsidies, State taxation, and other financial policies relating to rail infrastructure development.
(7) An identification of rail infrastructure issues within the State that reflects consultation with all relevant stakeholders.
(8) A review of major passenger and freight intermodal rail connections and facilities within the State, including seaports, and prioritized options to maximize service integration and efficiency between rail and other modes of transportation within the State.
(9) A review of publicly funded projects within the State to improve rail transportation safety and security, including all major projects funded under [section 130 of title 23](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section130&num=0&edition=prelim).
(10) A performance evaluation of passenger rail services operating in the State, including possible improvements in those services, and a description of strategies to achieve those improvements.
(11) A compilation of studies and reports on high-speed rail corridor development within the State not included in a previous plan under this subchapter,11 So in original. Probably should be “chapter,”. and a plan for funding any recommended development of such corridors in the State.
**(b) Long-Range Service and Investment Program.—**
(1) **Program content.—** — A long-range rail investment program included in a State rail plan under subsection (a)(5) shall, at a minimum, include the following matters:
(A) A list of any rail capital projects expected to be undertaken or supported in whole or in part by the State.
(B) A detailed funding plan for those projects.
(2) **Project list content.—** — The list of rail capital projects shall contain—
(A) a description of the anticipated public and private benefits of each such project; and
(B) a statement of the correlation between—
(i) public funding contributions for the projects; and
(ii) the public benefits.
(3) **Considerations for project list.—** — In preparing the list of freight and intercity passenger rail capital projects, a State rail transportation authority should take into consideration the following matters:
(A) Contributions made by non-Federal and non-State sources through user fees, matching funds, or other private capital involvement.
(B) Rail capacity and congestion effects.
(C) Effects on highway, aviation, and maritime capacity, congestion, or safety.
(D) Regional balance.
(E) Environmental impact.
(F) Economic and employment impacts.
(G) Projected ridership and other service measures for passenger rail projects.
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**(a)** Subject to section 120 and subsection (b) of this section, the entire cost of construction of projects for the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings, including the separation or protection of grades at crossings, the reconstruction of existing railroad grade crossing structures, the relocation of highways to eliminate grade crossings, and projects at grade crossings to eliminate hazards posed by blocked grade crossings due to idling trains, may be paid from sums apportioned in accordance with [section 104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section104&num=0&edition=prelim). In any case when the elimination of the hazards of a railway-highway crossing can be effected by the relocation of a portion of a railway at a cost estimated by the Secretary to be less than the cost of such elimination by one of the methods mentioned in the first sentence of this section, then the entire cost of such relocation project, subject to section 120 and subsection (b) of this section, may be paid from sums apportioned in accordance with [section 104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section104&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** The Secretary may classify the various types of projects involved in the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings, and may set for each such classification a percentage of the costs of construction which shall be deemed to represent the net benefit to the railroad or railroads for the purpose of determining the railroad’s share of the cost of construction. The percentage so determined shall in no case exceed 10 per centum. The Secretary shall determine the appropriate classification of each project.
**(c)** Any railroad involved in a proje
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Level II of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 22705
(ii) shall be determined on a project-by-
project basis, based upon an agreement be-
tween the parties.
(B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary may
seek the advice of the States and rail car-
riers in further defining this term.
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of
the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
(4) STATE RAIL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.—
The term ‘‘State rail transportation author-
ity’’ means the State agency or official re-
sponsible under the direction of the Governor
of the State or a State law for preparation,
maintenance, coordination, and administra-
tion of the State rail plan.
(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title III, § 303(a),
Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4947.)
§ 22702. Authority
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State may prepare and
maintain a State rail plan in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter.
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish the minimum requirements for the prepara-
tion and periodic revision of a State rail plan,
including that a State shall—
(1) establish or designate a State rail trans-
portation authority to prepare, maintain, co-
ordinate, and administer the plan;
(2) establish or designate a State rail plan
approval authority to approve the plan;
(3) submit the State’s approved plan to the
Secretary of Transportation for review; and
(4) revise and resubmit a State-approved
plan no less frequently than once every 4 years
for acceptance by the Secretary.
(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title III, § 303(a),
Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4948; amended Pub. L.
114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11315(a)(1), Dec. 4, 2015,
129 Stat. 1674.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2015—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 114–94 substituted ‘‘4
years for acceptance by the Secretary’’ for ‘‘5 years for
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