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Transportation Department
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise in Airport Concessions Program Implementation Modifications
Published October 3, 2025. Takes effect October 3, 2025. printed at 90 FR 47969. amending 49 CFR 23, 49 CFR 26.
This changes how the wage floor is worked out for some farm guest workers.
What the Rule Says It Does
This interim final rule (IFR) ensures that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) operates its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) Programs (collectively, Programs) in a nondiscriminatory fashion--in line with law and the U.S. Constitution. The IFR removes race- and sex-based presumptions of social and economic disadvantage that violate the U.S. Constitution.
This is the rule's own summary, as the Federal Register prints it.
The Orders It Names
- Executive Order 14151: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing
- Executive Order 14173: Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
The rule names these orders itself. What it does about them is a reading, and none is recorded here.
How This Rule Is Quoted
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