§26105 — Title 49 Transportation | U.S. Code

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Gives clear meanings for important words used in this chapter. Financial assistance covers grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions. High-speed rail means non-highway rail or electromagnetic guideway service that is expected to reach sustained speeds of more than 125 miles per hour and is open to the public for passengers. Publicly financed costs are expenses paid by Federal, State, or local governments after April 29, 1993. Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. State names the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other U.S. territory or possession. United States private business means a company formed under U.S. or State law that does substantial business in the United States.

Title 49, §26105

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For purposes of this chapter—

(1)the term “financial assistance” includes grants, contracts,,11 So in original. cooperative agreements, and other transactions;

(2)the term “high-speed rail” means all forms of nonhighway ground transportation that run on rails or electromagnetic guideways providing transportation service which is—

(A)reasonably expected to reach sustained speeds of more than 125 miles per hour; and

(B)made available to members of the general public as passengers,

(3)the term “publicly financed costs” means the costs funded after April 29, 1993, by Federal, State, and local governments;

(4)the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation;

(5)the term “State” means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States; and

(6)the term “United States private business” means a business entity organized under the laws of the United States, or of a State, and conducting substantial business operations in the United States.

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2005—Par. (1). Pub. L. 109–59 substituted “, cooperative agreements, and other transactions” for “and cooperative agreements”. 1998—Par. (2). Pub. L. 105–178 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “the term ‘high-speed rail’ has the meaning given such term under section 511(n) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976;”.

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