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[CITE: 49USC22105]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE V--RAIL PROGRAMS
 
                           PART B--ASSISTANCE
 
               CHAPTER 221--LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 22105. Sharing project costs

    (a) General.--(1) The United States Government's share of the costs 
of financial assistance for a project under this chapter is 50 percent, 
except that for assistance provided under section 22101(a)(2) of this 
title, the Government's share is 70 percent. The State may pay its share 
of the costs in cash or through the following benefits, to the extent 
that the benefits otherwise would not be provided:
        (A) forgiveness of taxes imposed on a rail carrier or its 
    property.
        (B) real and tangible personal property (provided by the State 
    or a person for the State) necessary for the safe and efficient 
    operation of rail freight transportation.
        (C) track rights secured by the State for a rail carrier.
        (D) the cash equivalent of State salaries for State employees 
    working on the State project, except overhead and general 
    administrative costs.

    (2) A State may pay more than its required percentage share of the 
costs of a project under this chapter. When a State, or a person acting 
for a State, pays more than the State share of the costs of its projects 
during a fiscal year, the excess amount shall be applied to the State 
share for the costs of the State projects for later fiscal years.
    (b) Agreements To Combine Amounts.--States may agree to combine any 
part of the amounts made available under this chapter to carry out a 
project that is eligible for assistance under this chapter when--
        (1) the project will benefit each State making the agreement; 
    and
        (2) the agreement is not a violation of State law.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 897.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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22105(a)..............................  49 App.:1654(e).                 Oct. 1
5, 1966, Pub. L. 89-670, 80 Stat.
                                                                          931, 
Sec.  5(e), (j); added Feb. 5,
                                                                          1976,
 Pub. L. 94-210, Sec.  803, 90
                                                                          Stat.
 130; Nov. 8, 1978, Pub. L. 95-
                                                                          607, 
Secs.  102-106(a), 107- 109(a),
                                                                          92 St
at. 3059, 3062; Oct. 12, 1979,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 96-86, Sec.  115(b), 93 Stat.
                                                                          662; 
Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97-35,
                                                                          Secs.
  1191, 1192, 95 Stat. 699; Jan.
                                                                          14, 1
983, Pub. L. 97-468, Sec.  501,
                                                                          96 St
at. 2551; Apr. 7, 1986, Pub. L.
                                                                          99-27
2, Sec.  4018, 100 Stat. 111;
                                                                          resta
ted Dec. 11, 1989, Pub. L. 101-
                                                                          213, 
Sec.  2(a), (c), 103 Stat. 1843,
                                                                          1845,
 1847.
22105(b)..............................  49 App.:1654(j).
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    In this section, the words ``project'' and ``projects'' are 
substituted for ``program'' for clarity and consistency in this section.
    In subsection (a)(1), before clause (A), the words ``financial 
assistance for a project under this chapter'' are substituted for ``rail 
freight assistance project'' for clarity and consistency in this 
chapter. In clause (B), the words ``for use in its rail freight 
assistance program'' are omitted as unnecessary because of the 
restatement. In clause (D), the words ``State employees'' are 
substituted for ``State public employees'' to eliminate an unnecessary 
word.
    In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words ``States may agree'' 
are substituted for ``Two or more States . . . enter into an agreement'' 
to eliminate unnecessary words.
