Title 23, HighwaysRelease 119-102
§304 Participation by Small Business Enterprises
Title 23 › CHAPTER 3 — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 304
Summary
The government wants to grow small businesses and use them in Federal-aid and Interstate highway work. The Secretary should, as much as possible, help these businesses get contracts for the highway program.
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Title 23, §304
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It is declared to be in the national interest to encourage and develop the actual and potential capacity of small business and to utilize this important segment of our economy to the fullest practicable extent in construction of Federal-aid highways, including the Interstate System. In order to carry out that intent and encourage full and free competition, the Secretary should assist, insofar as feasible, small business enterprises in obtaining contracts in connection with the prosecution of the highway program.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2012—Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “Federal-aid highways” for “the Federal-aid highway systems”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2012 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 112–141 effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.
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Citation
23 U.S.C. § 304
Title 23, Highways
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102