---
kind: "section"
citation: "23 C.F.R. § 140.501"
title: "23"
number: "140.501"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/23/140.501"
---

# §140.501. Purpose.


This regulation establishes the criteria for eligibility for reimbursement of administrative settlement costs in defense of contract claims on projects performed by a State under Federal-aid procedures.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 44 FR 59233, Oct. 15, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 101(e), 106, 109(e), 114(a), 120(g), 121, 122, 130, and 315; and 49 CFR 1.48(b).