The provision of credit assistance under the TIFIA program with respect to a project shall not—
(1) relieve any recipient of the assistance of any obligation to obtain any required State or local permit or approval with respect to the project;
(2) limit the right of any unit of State or local government to approve or regulate any rate of return on private equity invested in the project; or
(3) otherwise supersede any State or local law (including any regulation) applicable to the construction or operation of the project.
(Added Pub. L. 105–178, title I, § 1503(a), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 249, § 186; renumbered § 606 and amended Pub. L. 109–59, title I, § 1602(b)(5), (d), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1247; Pub. L. 112–141, div. A, title II, § 2002, July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 620; Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title II, § 2001(e), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1444.)