US EditionUS agrees to end use of race, gender in highway, transit contracts
- The U.S. Department of Transportation agreed in 2023 to end the use of race and gender in awarding federal highway and transit contracts following a legal challenge in Kentucky.
- This decision came after a 2023 Supreme Court ruling blocked affirmative action in college admissions and a federal judge ruled the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program unconstitutional under equal protection.
- The DBE program, authorized in 1983 and reauthorized in 2021, allocated over $37 billion to minority- and women-owned businesses and required states to set aside at least 10 percent of funds for these firms.
- The Justice Department acknowledged the program's race- and sex-based presumptions violate the Constitution, noting it served about 49,000 businesses and that the settlement to end these practices remains subject to challenge.
- Ending this program could reshape federal contracting by removing race and gender criteria, affecting small disadvantaged businesses and raising questions about remedying past and ongoing discrimination.
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US agrees to end use of race, gender in highway, transit contracts
The Trump administration said on Wednesday it has agreed to end the U.S. Transportation Department's consideration of race or gender when awarding billions of dollars in federal highway and transit project funding set aside for disadvantaged small businesses.
The Independent
The Independent (US)Trump team looks to end $37B program designed to help minority business
Two Indiana-based companies, Mid-America Milling Company and Bagshaw Trucking Inc., sued the Department of Transportation in 2023 over the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
Star Tribune
The Washington PostTrump administration moves to upend $37B affirmative action program
The Transportation Department initiative, which serves an estimated 49,000 contractors, was a key lifeline for many minority- and women-owned businesses.
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