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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 22702"
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description: "Authority"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "227"
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chapter_name: "STATE RAIL PLANS"
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section: "22702"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 22702"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 22702 - Authority
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## Text
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(a) In General.— Each State may prepare and maintain a State rail plan in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
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(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—
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(1) establish or designate a State rail transportation authority to prepare, maintain, coordinate, and administer the plan;
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(2) establish or designate a State rail plan approval authority to approve the plan;
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(3) submit the State’s approved plan to the Secretary of Transportation for review; and
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(4) revise and resubmit a State-approved plan no less frequently than once every 4 years for acceptance by the Secretary.
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(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.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2015—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 114–94 substituted “4 years for acceptance by the Secretary” for “5 years for reapproval by the Secretary”.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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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.
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