Title 23 — Highways
Chapter 3 — General Provisions
§ 304. Participation by small business enterprises
Statutory text
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
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 85–767 · 72 Stat. 885
Enacted · 23 U.S.C. § 304
Pub. L. 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 913
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 913Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
Pub. L. 112–141 div. A title I § 1104(c)(5) · 126 Stat. 405
Substituted · 23 U.S.C. § 304
Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “Federal-aid highways” for “the Federal-aid highway systems”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “Federal-aid highways” for “the Federal-aid highway systems”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(5) Section 304.— Section 304 of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by striking “the Federal-aid highway systems” and inserting “Federal-aid highways”.Effective date note
Amendment 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.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
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 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–141 effective , 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.
Credits
1958–2012 · 2 acts
- 1958Pub. L. 85–767, , 72 Stat. 913
- 2012Pub. L. 112–141, div. A, title I, § 1104(c)(5), , 126 Stat. 427.
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(Pub. L. 85–767, , 72 Stat. 913; Pub. L. 112–141, div. A, title I, § 1104(c)(5), , 126 Stat. 427.)