Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Revisions
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- What it does
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) is finalizing amendments to its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) program regulations. With few modifications, this final rule follows the interim final rule (IFR) published on October 3, 2025, which eliminated race- and sex-based presumptions that DOT determined to be unconstitutional. This action completes the transition to a system of individualized determinations of social and economic disadvantage to ensure program constitutional compliance and addresses administrative challenges identified by stakeholders during the public comment period.
The Transportation Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
2 parts of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Transportation Department has published 10 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 9 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2105-AF33 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
This rule is effective September 25, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-19688 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Transportation Department |
| Published | Sept. 25, 2026 |
| Effective date | Sept. 25, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2105-AF33 |
| Docket | DOT-OST-2025-0897 |
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