{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s26105","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f26105.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f26105.\nDefinitions\nFor purposes of this chapter\u2014\n(1) the term \u201cfinancial assistance\u201d includes grants, contracts,,\n1\n1 So in original.\n(2) the term \u201chigh-speed rail\u201d means all forms of nonhighway ground transportation that run on rails or electromagnetic guideways providing transportation service which is\u2014\n(A) reasonably expected to reach sustained speeds of more than 125 miles per hour; and\n(B) made available to members of the general public as passengers,\nbut does not include rapid transit operations within an urban area that are not connected to the general rail system of transportation;\n(3) the term \u201cpublicly financed costs\u201d means the costs funded after\nApril 29, 1993\n(4) the term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of Transportation;\n(5) the term \u201cState\u201d 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\n(6) the term \u201cUnited States private business\u201d 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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s26105.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s26105","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f26105."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s26105/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cfinancial assistance\u201d includes grants, contracts,,","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original.","tail":" cooperative agreements, and other transactions;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s26105/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the term \u201chigh-speed rail\u201d means all forms of nonhighway ground transportation that run on rails or electromagnetic guideways providing transportation service which is\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s26105/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" reasonably expected to reach sustained speeds of more than 125 miles per hour; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t49/s26105/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" made available to members of the general public as passengers,","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"but does not include rapid transit operations within an urban area that are not connected to the general rail system of transportation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s26105/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cpublicly financed costs\u201d means the costs funded after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"April 29, 1993","tail":", by Federal, State, and local governments;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s26105/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cSecretary\u201d means the Secretary of Transportation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s26105/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cState\u201d 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","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s26105/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" the term \u201cUnited States private business\u201d 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}