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Title 49TransportationPart / Section
Subtitle AOffice of the Secretary of Transportation1 – 99
Part 23Participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprise in Airport Concessions23.1 – 23.81
Subpart AGeneral23.1 – 23.13
Subpart BACDBE Programs23.21 – 23.29
§ 23.21Who must submit an ACDBE program to FAA, and when?
§ 23.23What administrative provisions must be in a recipient's ACDBE program?
§ 23.25What measures must recipients include in their ACDBE programs to ensure nondiscriminatory participation of ACDBEs in concessions?
§ 23.26Fostering small business participation.
§ 23.27What information does a recipient have to retain and report about implementation of its ACDBE program?
§ 23.29What monitoring and compliance procedures must recipients follow?
Subpart CCertification and Eligibility of ACDBEs23.31 – 23.39
§ 23.31What certification standards and procedures do recipients use to certify ACDBEs?
§ 23.33What size standards do recipients use to determine the eligibility of applicants and ACDBEs?
§ 23.35Personal net worth.
§ 23.37Are firms certified under 49 CFR part 26 eligible to participate as ACDBEs?
§ 23.39What are other ACDBE certification requirements?
Subpart DGoals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting23.41 – 23.61
Subpart EOther Provisions23.71 – 23.81
§ 23.71Does a recipient have to change existing concession agreements?
§ 23.73What requirements apply to privately-owned or leased terminal buildings?
§ 23.75Can recipients enter into long-term, exclusive agreements with concessionaires?
§ 23.77Does this part preempt local requirements?
§ 23.79Does this part permit recipients to use local geographic preferences?
§ 23.81ACDBE reevaluation process.