{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-23.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 23.1","heading":"What are the objectives of this part?","body":"This part seeks to achieve several objectives:\n(a) To ensure nondiscrimination in the award and administration of opportunities for concessions by airports receiving DOT financial assistance;\n(b) To create a level playing field on which ACDBEs can compete fairly for opportunities for concessions;\n(c) To ensure that the Department's ACDBE program operates in a nondiscriminatory manner and without regard to race or sex, while maximizing efficiency of service;\n(d) To ensure that only firms that fully meet this part's eligibility standards are permitted to participate as ACDBEs;\n(e) To help remove barriers to the participation of ACDBEs in opportunities for concessions at airports receiving DOT financial assistance;\n(f) To promote the use of ACDBEs in all types of concessions activities at airports receiving DOT financial assistance;\n(g) To assist the development of firms that can compete successfully in the marketplace outside the ACDBE program; and\n(h) To provide appropriate flexibility to airports receiving DOT financial assistance in establishing and providing opportunities for ACDBEs.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS","Subpart A—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"9c90e714857b90606f505d6172a211be158ecee2f596b02ddf023ca49e4edb4f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-22.69","next":"us/49-cfr-23.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}