---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 23.1"
title: "49"
number: "23.1"
heading: "What are the objectives of this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/23.1"
---

# §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 operates in a nondiscriminatory manner and without regard to race or sex, while maximizing efficiency of service;
- (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;
- (f) To promote the use of ACDBEs in all types of concessions activities at airports receiving DOT financial assistance;
- (g) To assist the development of firms that can compete successfully in the marketplace outside the ACDBE program; and
- (h) To provide appropriate flexibility to airports receiving DOT financial assistance in establishing and providing opportunities for ACDBEs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24956, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47977, Oct. 3, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 47107 and 47113; 42 U.S.C. 2000d; 49 U.S.C. 322; E.O. 12138, 44 FR 29637, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 393.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24956, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47977, Oct. 3, 2025]