# § 22903. Project management oversight
**(a)** **Project Management Plan Requirements.—** To receive Federal financial assistance for a major capital project under this chapter, an applicant must prepare and carry out a project management plan approved by the Secretary of Transportation. 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 handling the 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, and ridership estimates; and
**(12)** the recipient’s commitment to submit periodically a project budget and project schedule to the Secretary.
**[(b)** Repealed. Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11316(p), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1679]
**(c)** **Access to Sites and Records.—** Each recipient of assistance under this chapter shall provide the Secretary and a contractor the Secretary chooses under subsection (b) of this section with access to the construction sites and records of the recipient when reasonably necessary.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4941, § 24403; amended Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title XI, § 11316(p), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1679; renumbered § 22903, Pub. L. 115–420, § 7(a)(1), Jan. 3, 2019, 132 Stat. 5445.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2019— renumbered as this section.
2015—Subsec. (b). struck out subsec. (b) which related to secretarial oversight.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.