49 U.S.C. § 26105 — Definitions
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-440 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 190 words · no verdicts yet
This section defines “financial assistance,” “high-speed rail,” “publicly financed costs,” “Secretary,” “State,” and “United States private business” for the chapter.
For this chapter: (1) “financial assistance” includes grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions; (2) “high-speed rail” means nonhighway ground transportation on rails or electromagnetic guideways reasonably expected to exceed 125 mph continuously and offered to the public as passengers, but not unconnected urban rapid transit; (3) “publicly financed costs” are costs funded after April 29, 1993 by Federal, State, or local governments; (4) “Secretary” means the Transportation Secretary; (5) “State” means the States, DC, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and other United States territories or possessions; and (6) “United States private business” means a business entity organized under United States or State law and conducting substantial United States operations.
For purposes of this chapter—
the term “financial assistance” includes grants, contracts,,1 cooperative agreements, and other transactions;
the term “high-speed rail” means all forms of nonhighway ground transportation that run on rails or electromagnetic guideways providing transportation service which is—
reasonably expected to reach sustained speeds of more than 125 miles per hour; and
made available to members of the general public as passengers,
but does not include rapid transit operations within an urban area that are not connected to the general rail system of transportation;
the term “publicly financed costs” means the costs funded after April 29, 1993, by Federal, State, and local governments;
the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation;
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
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.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 103–440, title I, § 103(a)(2), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4618; amended Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7201(b), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 470; Pub. L. 109–59, title IX, § 9001(c), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1919.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-440 · 108 Stat. 4618
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-178 · 112 Stat. 470
- 2005Amended · Pub. L. 109-59 · 119 Stat. 1919
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-440 on 1994-11-02.
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