Project approval and oversight

Nothing in this section, section 133, or section 149 shall affect or discharge any responsibility or obligation of the Secretary under— In this subsection, the term “value engineering analysis” means a systematic process of review and analysis of a project, during the planning and design phases, by a multidisciplinary team of persons not involved in the project, that is conducted to provide recommendations such as those described in subparagraph (B) for— The recommendations referred to in subparagraph (A) include, with respect to a project— The State shall provide a value engineering analysis for— The State shall develop and carry out a value engineering program that— The value engineering analysis for a bridge project under paragraph (2) shall— be evaluated by the State— The States shall be responsible for determining that subrecipients of Federal funds under this title have— Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a recipient of Federal financial assistance for a project under this title with an estimated total cost of $500,000,000 or more, and recipients for such other projects as may be identified by the Secretary, shall submit to the Secretary for each project— A project management plan shall document— A financial plan— In this subsection, the term “advanced modeling technology” means an available or developing technology, including 3-dimensional digital modeling, that can— In carrying out paragraph (2), the Secretary shall—