---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 22903"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "22903"
heading: "Project management oversight"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/22903"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Rail Programs"
  - "Part B — Assistance"
  - "Chapter 229 — Rail Improvement Grants"
---

# §22903. Project management oversight

- (a) **Project Management Plan Requirements.—** To receive Federal [financial assistance](/usc/49/26105.md?p=1) for a major [capital project](/usc/49/22901.md?p=2) under this chapter, an [applicant](/usc/49/22901.md?p=1) must prepare and carry out a project management plan approved by the [Secretary](/usc/49/22401.md?p=14) 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](/usc/49/22401.md?p=14).
- (b) Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11316(p), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1679
- (c) **Access to Sites and Records.—** Each recipient of assistance under this chapter shall provide the [Secretary](/usc/49/22401.md?p=14) and a contractor the [Secretary](/usc/49/22401.md?p=14) chooses under [subsection (b)](#b) of this section with access to the construction sites and records of the recipient when reasonably necessary.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4941, § 24403; amended Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11316(p), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1679; renumbered § 22903, Pub. L. 115–420, § 7(a)(1), Jan. 3, 2019, 132 Stat. 5445.)

## Notes

### 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 Amendment

Amendment 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.