49 U.S.C. § 22903

(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 [(b) Repealed.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.