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49 U.S.C. § 22706 — Review

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49 U.S.C. § 22706 — Review

The Secretary shall prescribe procedures for States to submit State rail plans for review under this title, including standardized format and data requirements. State rail plans completed before the date of enactment of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 that substantially meet the requirements of this chapter, as determined by the Secretary, shall be deemed by the Secretary to have met the requirements of this chapter.

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49 U.S.C. § 22902 — Capital investment grants to support intercity passenger rail service

**(a) General Authority.—** (1) The Secretary of Transportation may make grants under this section to an applicant to assist in financing the capital costs of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment necessary to provide or improve intercity passenger rail transportation. (2) Consistent with the requirements of this chapter, the Secretary shall require that a grant under this section be subject to the terms, conditions, requirements, and provisions the Secretary decides are necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this section, including requirements for the disposition of net increases in value of real property resulting from the project assisted under this section and shall prescribe procedures and schedules for the awarding of grants under this title, including application and qualification procedures and a record of decision on applicant eligibility. The Secretary shall issue a final rule establishing such procedures not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008. For the period prior to the earlier of the issuance of such a rule or 2 years after the date of enactment of such Act, the Secretary shall issue interim guidance to applicants covering such procedures, and administer the grant program authorized under this section pursuant to such guidance. **(b) Project as Part of State Rail Plan.—** (1) The Secretary may not approve a grant for a project under this section unless the Secretary finds that the project is part of a State rail plan developed under chapter 227 of this title, or under the plan required by section 211 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, and that the applicant or recipient has or will have the legal, financial, and technical capacity to carry out

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49 U.S.C. § 26106 — High-speed rail corridor development

**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall establish and implement a high-speed rail corridor development program. **(b) Definitions.—** In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) **Applicant.—** — The term “applicant” means a State, a group of States, an Interstate Compact, a public agency established by one or more States and having responsibility for providing high-speed rail service, or Amtrak. (2) **Corridor.—** — The term “corridor” means a corridor designated by the Secretary pursuant to section 104(d)(2) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 23. (3) **Capital project.—** — The term “capital project” means a project or program in a State rail plan developed under chapter 227 of this title for acquiring, constructing, improving, or inspecting equipment, track, and track structures, or a facility of use in or for the primary benefit of high-speed rail service, expenses incidental to the acquisition or construction (including designing, engineering, location surveying, mapping, environmental studies, and acquiring rights-of-way), payments for the capital portions of rail trackage rights agreements, highway-rail grade crossing improvements related to high-speed rail service, mitigating environmental impacts, communication and signalization improvements, relocation assistance, acquiring replacement housing sites, and acquiring, constructing, relocating, and rehabilitating replacement housing. (4) **High-speed rail.—** — The term “high-speed rail” means intercity passenger rail service that is reasonably expected to reach speeds of at least 110 miles per hour. (5) **Intercity passenger rail service.—** — The term “intercity passenger rail service” has the meaning given the term “intercity rail passenger transportation” in [sect

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49 U.S.C. § 22706 — Review

Page 644 TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION § 22706 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘chapter,’’. 1 So in original. Does not conform to section catchline. prioritized options to maximize service inte- gration and efficiency between rail and other modes of transportation within the State. (9) A review of publicly funded projects with- in the State to improve rail transportation safety and security, including all major projects funded under section 130 of title 23. (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 im- provements. (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,1 and a plan for funding any recommended development of such cor- ridors in the State. (b) LONG-RANGE SERVICE AND INVESTMENT PRO- GRAM.— (1) PROGRAM CONTENT.—A long-range rail in- vestment program included in a State rail plan under subsection (a)(5) shall, at a min- imum, include the following matters: (A) A list of any rail capital projects ex- pected 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 be- tween— (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 pas- senger rail capital projects, a State rail trans- portation authority should take into consider- ation the foll

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