49 USC § 22904 - Use of capital grants to finance first-dollar liability of grant project
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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s22904"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "49 USC § 22904 - Use of capital grants to finance first-dollar liability of grant project"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "22904"
section_name: "Use of capital grants to finance first-dollar liability of grant project"
chapter_number: 229
chapter_name: "RAIL IMPROVEMENT GRANTS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "ASSISTANCE"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4942, § 24404; renumbered § 22904 and amended Pub. L. 115–420, § 7(a)(1), (b)(2)(B), Jan. 3, 2019, 132 Stat. 5445, 5446.)"
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# § 22904. Use of capital grants to finance first-dollar liability of grant project
Notwithstanding the requirements of section 22902 of this chapter, the Secretary of Transportation may approve the use of a capital assistance grant under this chapter to fund self-insured retention of risk for the first tier of liability insurance coverage for rail passenger service associated with the grant, but the coverage may not exceed $20,000,000 per occurrence or $20,000,000 in aggregate per year.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 110–432, div. B, title III, § 301(a), Oct. 16, 2008, 122 Stat. 4942, § 24404; renumbered § 22904 and amended Pub. L. 115–420, § 7(a)(1), (b)(2)(B), Jan. 3, 2019, 132 Stat. 5445, 5446.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2019— renumbered as this section and substituted “section 22902” for “section 24402”.