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legal/us/code/title-49/chapter-227/section-22702.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "49 U.S.C. § 22702"
+description: "Authority"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 49
+title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
+chapter_number: "227"
+chapter_name: "STATE RAIL PLANS"
+section: "22702"
+citation: "49 U.S.C. § 22702"
+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/s22702"
+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. § 22702 - Authority
+
+## Text
+
+(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 establish the minimum requirements for the preparation and periodic revision of a State rail plan, including that a State shall—
+
+(1) establish or designate a State rail transportation authority to prepare, maintain, coordinate, 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.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2015—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 114–94 substituted “4 years for acceptance by the Secretary” for “5 years for reapproval by the Secretary”.
+
+Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
+
+Effective Date of 2015 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–94 effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as a note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.