Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-49/chapter-224/section-22405.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "49 U.S.C. § 22405"
+description: "Substantive criteria and standards"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 49
+title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
+chapter_number: "224"
+chapter_name: "RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING"
+section: "22405"
+citation: "49 U.S.C. § 22405"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc49@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s22405"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-49/usc49.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 49 U.S.C. § 22405 - Substantive criteria and standards
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary shall—
+
+(1) publish in the Federal Register and post on a website of the Department of Transportation the substantive criteria and standards used by the Secretary to determine whether to approve or disapprove applications submitted under section 22402; and
+
+(2) ensure that adequate procedures and guidelines are in place to permit the filing of complete applications not later than 30 days after the publication referred to in paragraph (1).
+
+(Added Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title I, § 21301(g), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 690.)