§22903 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

Summary

To get federal money for a big capital project, an applicant must make and follow a project management plan that the Secretary of Transportation approves. The plan must cover 12 things, including who does what and staff qualifications; a budget for management, consultants, land, utility moves, testing, audits, and other justified costs; a construction schedule; document control and recordkeeping; a way to handle change orders; required organization and staffing during construction; quality control and material testing; how the project will be tested; internal reporting; and regular updates and submissions of the project budget and schedule to the Secretary. Anyone receiving this funding must let the Secretary and any contractor the Secretary hires access construction sites and the recipient’s records when reasonably necessary.

Title 49, §22903

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(a)To receive Federal financial assistance for a major capital project under this chapter, an applicant must prepare and carry out a project management plan approved by the Secretary of Transportation. The plan shall provide for—

(1)adequate recipient staff organization with well-defined reporting relationships, statements of functional responsibilities, job descriptions, and job qualifications;

(2)a budget covering the project management organization, appropriate consultants, property acquisition, utility relocation, systems demonstration staff, audits, and miscellaneous payments the recipient may be prepared to justify;

(3)a construction schedule for the project;

(4)a document control procedure and recordkeeping system;

(5)a change order procedure that includes a documented, systematic approach to handling the construction change orders;

(6)organizational structures, management skills, and staffing levels required throughout the construction phase;

(7)quality control and quality assurance functions, procedures, and responsibilities for construction, system installation, and integration of system components;

(8)material testing policies and procedures;

(9)internal plan implementation and reporting requirements;

(10)criteria and procedures to be used for testing the operational system or its major components;

(11)periodic updates of the plan, especially related to project budget and project schedule, financing, and ridership estimates; and

(12)the recipient’s commitment to submit periodically a project budget and project schedule to the Secretary.

[(b)Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11316(p), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1679]

(c)Each recipient of assistance under this chapter shall provide the Secretary and a contractor the Secretary chooses under subsection (b) of this section with access to the construction sites and records of the recipient when reasonably necessary.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2019—Pub. L. 115–420 renumbered section 24403 of this title as this section. 2015—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–94 struck out subsec. (b) which related to secretarial oversight.

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.

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