49 CFR 266.3 – Rail Service Assistance Program
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(a) Scope of the program. The Rail Service Assistance Program includes:
Terms Used In 49 CFR 266.3
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(1) Rail service continuation assistance;
(2) Acquisition assistance;
(3) Rehabilitation or improvement assistance;
(4) Substitute service assistance;
(5) Rail facility construction assistance;
(6) Planning assistance; and
(7) Program operations assistance.
(b) Special limitations on planning assistance and program operation assistance. (1) A State is eligible to receive up to $100,000, or 5 percent of its entitlement, whichever is greater, as planning assistance; and
(2) A State is eligible to receive up to 5 percent of the total amount of funds granted to it each fiscal year under paragraphs (a)(1) to (5) of this section as program operation assistance.