§22901 Definitions

Summary

Names who can apply and what counts as a capital project for intercity passenger rail service. An applicant is a State (including the District of Columbia), a group of States, an Interstate Compact, or a public agency set up by one or more States that is responsible for intercity passenger rail service. A capital project is a project or program listed in a State rail plan under chapter 227 that covers things like buying, building, improving, or inspecting rail equipment, tracks, or facilities; planning and environmental work; certain payments for track access and grade crossing safety; moving or replacing housing when needed; rebuilding or overhauling trains and facilities; costs to make State rail plans; and first-dollar liability insurance costs under section 22904. Intercity passenger rail service means the intercity rail passenger transportation defined in section 24102.