---
kind: "section"
citation: "23 C.F.R. § 140.503"
title: "23"
number: "140.503"
heading: "Definition."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/23/140.503"
---

# §140.503. Definition.


Administrative settlement costs are costs related to the defense and settlement of contract claims including, but not limited to, salaries of a contracting officer or his/her authorized representative, attorneys, and/or members of State boards of arbitration, appeals boards, or similar tribunals, which are allocable to the findings and determinations of contract claims, but not including administrative or overhead costs.


## 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).