§22107 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

Summary

Anyone who gets federal money under this chapter must keep records for 3 years after a project ends. The records must show how the money was used, the project’s total cost, how much other sources paid, and any other papers that help with an audit. The Secretary of Transportation will do regular financial and performance audits under the rules in chapter 75 of title 31. The Surface Transportation Board must give the Secretary any information requested within 30 days. By August 1 each year, every rail carrier covered by part A of subtitle IV must send the Secretary a list of its rail lines that moved not more than 5,000,000 gross ton-miles of freight a mile in the prior year.

Title 49, §22107

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(a)Each recipient of financial assistance through an arrangement under this chapter shall keep records required by the Secretary of Transportation. The records shall be kept for 3 years after a project is completed and shall disclose—

(1)the amount of, and disposition by the recipient, of the assistance;

(2)the total costs of the project for which the assistance was given or used;

(3)the amount of that part of the costs of the project paid by other sources; and

(4)any other records that will make an effective audit easier.

(b)The Secretary shall make regular financial and performance audits, as provided under chapter 75 of title 31, of activities and transactions assisted under this chapter.

(c)The Surface Transportation Board shall provide the Secretary with information the Secretary requests to assist in carrying out this chapter. The Board shall provide the information not later than 30 days after receiving a request from the Secretary.

(d)Not later than August 1 of each year, each rail carrier subject to part A of subtitle IV of this title shall submit to the Secretary a list of the rail lines of the carrier that carried not more than 5,000,000 gross ton-miles of freight a mile in the prior year.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 22107(a)49 App.:1654(k)(1).Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89–670, 80 Stat. 931, § 5(k)–(m); added Feb. 5, 1976, Pub. L. 94–210, § 803, 90 Stat. 130; Nov. 8, 1978, Pub. L. 95–607, §§ 102–106(a), 107– 109(a), 92 Stat. 3059, 3062; Oct. 12, 1979, Pub. L. 96–86, § 115(b), 93 Stat. 662; Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, §§ 1191, 1192, 95 Stat. 699; Jan. 14, 1983, Pub. L. 97–468, § 501, 96 Stat. 2551; Apr. 7, 1986, Pub. L. 99–272, § 4018, 100 Stat. 111; restated Dec. 11, 1989, Pub. L. 101–213, § 2(a), (c), 103 Stat. 1843, 1847. 22107(b)49 App.:1654(k)(2), (3). 22107(c)49 App.:1654(l). 22107(d)49 App.:1654(m). In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words “an arrangement” are substituted for “whether in the form of grants, subgrants, contracts, subcontracts, or other arrangements”, and the word “project” is substituted for “project or undertaking”, to eliminate unnecessary words and for consistency in this chapter. Subsection (b) is substituted for 49 App.:1654(k)(2) and (3) because of 31:ch. 75. In subsection (d), the words “Not later than” are substituted for “On or before” for clarity. The word “submit” is substituted for “prepare, update, and submit” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “based on level of usage” are omitted as surplus.

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Amendments

1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–316 struck out “and the Comptroller General” after “Secretary”. 1995—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–88, § 308(f)(4), substituted “Surface Transportation Board” for “Interstate Commerce Commission” and “The Board” for “The Commission”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–88, § 308(f)(5), substituted “part A of subtitle IV” for “subchapter I of chapter 105”.

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of 1995 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 104–88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104–88, set out as an

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note under section 1301 of this title.

§22107 Records, audits, and information

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Title 49, §22107

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