{"data":{"id":"us/23-cfr-636.107","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"23 CFR 636.107","heading":"May contracting agencies use geographic preference in Federal-aid design-build or public-private partnership projects?","body":"No. Contracting agencies must not use geographic preferences (including contractual provisions, preferences or incentives for hiring, contracting, proposing, or bidding) on Federal-aid highway projects, even though the contracting agency may be subject to statutorily or administratively imposed in-State or local geographical preferences in the evaluation and award of such projects.","path":["Title 23—Highways","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER G—ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS","PART 636—DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTING","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-23.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:50Z","sha256":"f202f75dcaf44fb71395c8109a75734750b025a0b8d55ad9341e8ae34cd69912","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/23-cfr-636.106","next":"us/23-cfr-636.108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}