{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-26.43","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 26.43","heading":"Can recipients use set-asides or quotas as part of this program?","body":"(a) You are not permitted to use quotas for DBEs on DOT-assisted contracts subject to this part.\n(b) You may not set-aside contracts for DBEs on DOT-assisted contracts subject to this part, except that, in limited and extreme circumstances, you may use set-asides when no other method could be reasonably expected to redress egregious instances of discrimination.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 26—PARTICIPATION BY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS","Subpart C—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting"],"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":"eb076043ea813029915d58e9ab159eca482cbb73a97e831437a4163434cfa0d0","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-26.41","next":"us/49-cfr-26.45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}