49 U.S.C. § 5327 | Project management oversight

(a)

Project Management Plan Requirements .—

To receive Federal financial assistance for a major capital project for public transportation under this chapter or any other provision of Federal law, a recipient must prepare a project management plan approved by the Secretary and carry out the project in accordance with the project management plan. 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 the handling of 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, ridership estimates, and the status of local efforts to enhance ridership where ridership estimates partly depend on the success of those efforts;

(12)

the recipient’s commitment to submit a project budget and project schedule to the Secretary quarterly; and

(13)

safety and security management.

(b)

Plan Approval .—

(1)

The Secretary shall approve a plan not later than 60 days after it is submitted. If the approval cannot be completed within 60 days, the Secretary shall notify the recipient, explain the reasons for the delay, and estimate the additional time that will be required.

(2)

The Secretary shall inform the recipient of the reasons when a plan is disapproved.

(c)

Access to Sites and Records .—

1 See References in Text note below.

Each recipient of Federal financial assistance for public transportation under this chapter or any other provision of Federal law shall provide the Secretary and a contractor the Secretary chooses under section 5338(f)  with access to the construction sites and records of the recipient when reasonably necessary.

(d)

Regulations .—

The Secretary shall prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this section. The regulations shall include—

(1)

¹ a definition of “major capital project” for section 5338(f)  that excludes a project to acquire rolling stock or to maintain or rehabilitate a vehicle;

(2)

a requirement that oversight—

(A)

begin during the project development phase of a project, unless the Secretary finds it more appropriate to begin the oversight during another phase of the project, to maximize the transportation benefits and cost savings associated with project management oversight; and

(B)

be limited to quarterly reviews of compliance by the recipient with the project management plan approved under subsection (b) unless the Secretary finds that the recipient requires more frequent oversight because the recipient has failed to meet the requirements of such plan and the project may be at risk of going over budget or becoming behind schedule; and

(3)

a process for recipients that the Secretary has found require more frequent oversight to return to quarterly reviews for purposes of paragraph (2)(B).

Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(d)July 5, 1994108 Stat. 826 Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(12)Oct. 31, 1994108 Stat. 4379 Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(17)Oct. 11, 1996110 Stat. 3390 Pub. L. 105–178, title III, § 3024June 9, 1998112 Stat. 364 Pub. L. 109–59, title III, § 3026Aug. 10, 2005119 Stat. 1622 Pub. L. 112–141, div. B, § 20020July 6, 2012126 Stat. 708 Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title III, § 3012Dec. 4, 2015129 Stat. 1475(, , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Pub. L. 103–272
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
5327(a)	49 App.:1619(d), (e).	July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88–365, 78 Stat. 302, § 23(b)–(g); added Apr. 2, 1987, Pub. L. 100–17, § 324, 101 Stat. 236.
5327(b)	49 App.:1619(g).
5327(c)(1)	49 App.:1619(a).	July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88–365, 78 Stat. 302, § 23(a); added Apr. 2, 1987, Pub. L. 100–17, § 324, 101 Stat. 235; Dec. 18, 1991, Pub. L. 102–240, § 3027, 105 Stat. 2115.
5327(c)(2)	49 App.:1619(h).	July 9, 1964, Pub. L. 88–365, 78 Stat. 302, § 23(h); added Nov. 21, 1989, Pub. L. 101–164, § 340, 103 Stat. 1099.
5327(c)(3)	49 App.:1619(b).
5327(d)	49 App.:1619(c).
5327(e)	49 App.:1619(f).

In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words “as required in each case by the Secretary” are omitted as surplus. In clause (11), the words “such items as” and “where applicable” are omitted as surplus.

October 1, 1987In subsection (c)(1), the words “Beginning ” are omitted as executed. The words “with any person” are omitted as surplus.

In subsection (c)(2), the words “In addition to the purposes provided for under subsection (a) of this section” and “with any person” are omitted as surplus. The cross-reference to paragraph (1) is not changed. The cross-reference in 49 App.:1619(h), the source provision being restated in this subsection, is no longer correct, but is apparently still meant to apply to funds made available under 49 App.:1619(a).

In subsection (e), before clause (1), the text of 49 App.:1619(f) (2d sentence) is omitted as executed. In clause (1), The words “vehicles or other” and “the performance of” are omitted as surplus.

Pub. L. 103–429

This amends 49:5327(c)(1) to correct an erroneous cross-reference.

Pub. L. 104–287

This amends 49:5327(c) to correct an erroneous cross-reference.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 117–58, div. C, § 30017Nov. 15, 2021135 Stat. 912Section 5338, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d)(1), was amended generally by , , . As amended, section 5338 no longer contains a subsec. (f). Provisions relating to oversight, formerly contained in section 5338(f), can be found elsewhere in section 5338.

Amendments

Pub. L. 114–94, § 3012(1)2015—Subsec. (c). , which directed substitution of section “5338(f)” for “section 5338(i)”, was executed by substituting “section 5338(f)” for “section 5338(i)”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Pub. L. 114–94, § 3012(2)(A)(i)Subsec. (d)(1). , which directed substitution of section 5338(f) for “section 5338(i)” without placing quotation marks around the language to be substituted, was executed by substituting “section 5338(f)” for “section 5338(i)”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Pub. L. 114–94, § 3012(2)(A)(ii)Subsec. (d)(2), (3). , (B), added pars. (2) and (3) and struck out former par. (2), which read as follows: “a requirement that oversight begin during the project development phase of a project, unless the Secretary finds it more appropriate to begin the oversight during another phase of the project, to maximize the transportation benefits and cost savings associated with project management oversight.”

Pub. L. 112–141, § 20020(1)(A)Public Law 91–143 83 Stat. 3202012—Subsec. (a). , in introductory provisions, substituted “Federal financial assistance for a major capital project for public transportation under this chapter or any other provision of Federal law, a recipient must prepare a project management plan approved by the Secretary and carry out the project in accordance with the project management plan” for “United States Government financial assistance for a major capital project under this chapter or the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 (, ), a recipient must prepare and carry out a project management plan approved by the Secretary of Transportation”.

Pub. L. 112–141, § 20020(1)(B)Subsec. (a)(12). , substituted “quarterly” for “each month”.

Pub. L. 112–141, § 20020(2)Subsec. (c). , (3), added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which related to limitations.

Pub. L. 112–141, § 20020(2)Subsec. (d). , (4), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which related to access to sites and records.

Pub. L. 112–141, § 20020(5)(A)Subsec. (d)(1). , substituted “section 5338(i)” for “subsection (c) of this section”.

Pub. L. 112–141, § 20020(5)(B)Subsec. (d)(2). , substituted “project development phase” for “preliminary engineering stage” and “another phase” for “another stage”.

Pub. L. 112–141, § 20020(4)Subsec. (e). , redesignated subsec. (e) as (d).

Pub. L. 112–141, § 20020(2)Subsec. (f). , struck out subsec. (f). Text read as follows: “A recipient of financial assistance for a project under this chapter with an estimated total cost of $1,000,000,000 or more shall submit to the Secretary an annual financial plan for the project. The plan shall be based on detailed annual estimates of the cost to complete the remaining elements of the project and on reasonable assumptions, as determined by the Secretary, of future increases in the cost to complete the project.”

Pub. L. 109–59, § 3026(a)2005—Subsec. (a)(13). , added par. (13).

Pub. L. 109–59, § 3026(b)Subsec. (c). , amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) specified limitations on use of available amounts for certain purposes.

Pub. L. 105–178, § 3024(a)1998—Subsec. (c)(2). , substituted “enter into contracts” for “make contracts” and inserted “and to provide technical assistance to correct deficiencies identified in compliance reviews and audits carried out under this section” before period at end of first sentence.

Pub. L. 105–178, § 3024(b)Subsec. (f). , added subsec. (f).

Pub. L. 104–2871996—Subsec. (c)(1). substituted “to carry out a major project under section 5309” for “to carry out a major project under section 5307”.

Pub. L. 103–4291994—Subsec. (c)(1). substituted “section 5307, 5309, 5311, or 103(e)(4) or that Act” for “section 5307, 5309, 5311, or 103(e)(4) of that Act”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2015 Amendment

Pub. L. 114–94Oct. 1, 2015section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94 section 5313 of Title 5Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.

Effective Date of 2012 Amendment

Pub. L. 112–141Oct. 1, 2012section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141 section 101 of Title 23Amendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under , Highways.

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