{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-5.73","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 5.73","heading":"Avoiding bias.","body":"Consistent with all applicable laws and ethical standards relating to recusals and disqualifications, no Federal employee or contractor may participate in a DOT enforcement action in any capacity, including as ALJ, adjudication counsel, adversarial personnel, or decisional personnel, if that person has:\n(a) A financial or other personal interest that would be affected by the outcome of the enforcement action;\n(b) Personal animus against a party to the action or against a group to which a party belongs;\n(c) Prejudgment of the adjudicative facts at issue in the proceeding; or\n(d) Any other prohibited conflict of interest.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 5—ADMINISTRATIVE RULEMAKING, GUIDANCE, AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES","Subpart D—Enforcement Procedures"],"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":"15c64d8248176c45d15b4848292cd126ee1a3c0d7cb668e0cb1f38b56288ad8a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-5.71","next":"us/49-cfr-5.75"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}