---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 22704"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "22704"
heading: "Transparency; coordination; review"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/22704"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Rail Programs"
  - "Part B — Assistance"
  - "Chapter 227 — State Rail Plans"
---

# §22704. Transparency; coordination; review

- (a) **Preparation.—** A [State](/usc/49/22701.md?p=3) shall provide adequate and reasonable notice and opportunity for comment and other input to the public, [rail carriers](/usc/49/24102.md?p=9), commuter and transit authorities operating in, or affected by rail operations within the [State](/usc/49/22701.md?p=3), units of local government, and other interested parties in the preparation and review of its [State](/usc/49/22701.md?p=3) rail plan.
- (b) **Intergovernmental Coordination.—** A [State](/usc/49/22701.md?p=3) shall review the freight and passenger rail service activities and initiatives by regional planning agencies, [regional transportation authorities](/usc/49/24102.md?p=11), and municipalities within the [State](/usc/49/22701.md?p=3), or in the region in which the [State](/usc/49/22701.md?p=3) is located, while preparing the plan, and shall include any recommendations made by such agencies, authorities, and municipalities as deemed appropriate by the [State](/usc/49/22701.md?p=3).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4949.)