---
kind: "section"
citation: "23 C.F.R. § 140.505"
title: "23"
number: "140.505"
heading: "Reimbursable costs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/23/140.505"
---

# §140.505. Reimbursable costs.

- (a) Federal funds may participate in administrative settlement costs which are:
  - (1) Incurred after notice of claim,
  - (2) Properly supported,
  - (3) Directly allocable to a specific Federal-aid or Federal project,
  - (4) For employment of special counsel for review and defense of contract claims, when
    - (i) Recommended by the State Attorney General or State Highway Agency (SHA) legal counsel and
    - (ii) Approved in advance by the FHWA Division Administrator, with advice of FHWA Regional Counsel, and
  - (5) **For travel and transportation expenses, if in accord with established policy and practices.**
- (b) No reimbursement shall be made if it is determined by FHWA that there was negligence or wrongdoing of any kind by SHA officials with respect to the claim.

## 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).