[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR23.1]

[Page 201]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 23_PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT 
CONCESSIONS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  23.1  What are the objectives of this part?


    This part seeks to achieve several objectives:
    (a) To ensure nondiscrimination in the award and administration of 
opportunities for concessions by airports receiving DOT financial 
assistance;
    (b) To create a level playing field on which ACDBEs can compete 
fairly for opportunities for concessions;
    (c) To ensure that the Department's ACDBE program is narrowly 
tailored in accordance with applicable law;
    (d) To ensure that only firms that fully meet this part's 
eligibility standards are permitted to participate as ACDBEs;
    (e) To help remove barriers to the participation of ACDBEs in 
opportunities for concessions at airports receiving DOT financial 
assistance; and
    (f) To provide appropriate flexibility to airports receiving DOT 
financial assistance in establishing and providing opportunities for 
ACDBEs.