CFR Title 49

§ 1.90

49 CFR Subtitle A (10–1–18 Edition)

railroads to operate without approved
response plans.

use of historic resources for public
transportation projects.
(d) Section 303 of title 49, United
States Code, as it involves public
transportation projects.
(e) The following sections of Moving
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
Act (Pub. L. 112–141, 126 Stat. 405):
(1) Sections 1315 [23 U.S.C. 109 note],
1316 [23 U.S.C. 109 note], 1317 [23 U.S.C.
109 note], 1318 [23 U.S.C. 109 note], and
1321, as they relate to public transit
projects; and
(2) Sections 20005(b) [49 U.S.C. 5303
note], 20008(b) [49 U.S.C. 5309 note],
20013(b) [49 U.S.C. 5315 note], 20017(b) [49
U.S.C. 5324 note], 20021(b), and 20025(b)
[49 U.S.C. 5335 note].
(f) Section 601 of the Passenger Rail
Investment and Improvement Act of
2008 (Pub. L. 110–432, Div. B).

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§ 1.90 The Federal Transit Administration.
Is responsible for:
(a) Providing grants that support the
development of safe, comprehensive
and coordinated public transportation
systems;
(b) Creating and implementing a national public transportation safety program that includes the development of
safety practices and standards;
(c) Assisting public transportation
systems to achieve and maintain their
infrastructure, equipment and vehicles
in a state of good repair;
(d) Promoting the environmental
benefits
of
public
transportation
through continuing, cooperative, and
comprehensive planning that improves
the performance of the intermodal
transportation system.
(e) Supporting research, development, demonstration, and deployment
projects dedicated to assisting in the
delivery of safe, efficient and effective
public transportation service;
(f) Supporting, in coordination with
FHWA and FRA, strong connections
between public transportation and
other modes of transportation, including bicycle/pedestrian facilities and
station-area
development
that
strengthen local communities; and
(g) Maximizing the positive impacts
on the U.S. economy by encouraging
domestic manufacturing on transit
projects through the enforcement of
Buy America provisions.

§ 1.92

The Maritime Administration.

Is responsible for:
(a) Fostering the development and
maintenance of a United States merchant marine sufficient to meet the
needs of the national security and of
the domestic and foreign commerce of
the United States;
(b) Operating the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in order to train officers
for the Nation’s merchant marine;
(c) Promoting development of ports
and intermodal transportation systems
through investments in port infrastructure via grant programs and
America’s Marine Highway program;
(d) Promoting the growth and modernization of the U.S. merchant marine
and U.S. shipyards by administering
loan and guarantee programs;
(e) Overseeing the administration of
cargo preference statutes;
(f) Maintaining custody of, operating,
and preserving ships in the National
Defense Reserve Fleet as well as other
vessels under the custody of MARAD
and managing, maintaining and operating its Ready Reserve Force component;
(g) Conducting research and development to improve and promote the waterborne commerce of the United
States.

§ 1.91 Delegations to the Federal Transit Administrator.
The Federal Transit Administrator is
delegated authority to carry out the
following:
(a) Chapter 53 of title 49, United
States Code, and notes thereto.
(b) Sections 3 and 9 through 15 of the
National Capital Transportation Act of
1969 (Pub. L. 91–143, 83 Stat. 320), as
amended (DC Code, section 9–1101.01 et
seq.).
(c) Sections of title 23, United States
Code, and notes thereto that involve
public transportation projects, including those provisions that pertain to
planning, environmental reviews and

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