ACAA Advisory Committee Meeting - September 2021 Meeting Agenda

Meeting agenda for the September 2021 Meeting of the ACAA Advisory Committee

Second Meeting: September 2, 8, and 9, 2021

The second meeting of the ACAA Advisory Committee was held virtually on September 2, 8 and 9, 2021. 

During the meeting, the ACAA Advisory Committee continued its discussion of the draft Airline Passenger with Disabilities Bill of Rights and deliberated over...

DBE Program Best Practices

The following guidance documents will be updated throughout the year (if necessary) to reflect Final Rule changes. Please...

DBE/ACDBE Size Standards

The Department of Transportation issued a final rule on December 14, 2020 for the Department to make an annual inflationary adjustment to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) program’s business size limit (business size standard/gross receipts cap) on small...

U.S. Department of Transportation Service Animal Relief Attestation Form

On December 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation (Department) published in the Federal Register a final rule to amend the Department’s Air Carrier Access Act regulation on the transport of service animals by air.  In that final rule, the Department allows airlines to require...

December 14, 2020 Final Rule (Gross Receipts Adjustment)

The Department of Transportation issued a final rule on December 14, 2020, applicable to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) program. The rule, effective January 13, 2021, (1) provides an inflation adjustment to the size limit on small businesses participating in the DBE program under...

Final Rule - Traveling by Air with Service Animals

This final rule amends the Department’s Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) regulation on the transport of service animals by air.  This final rule is intended to ensure that our air transportation system is safe for the traveling public and accessible to individuals with disabilities.

No Fear Annual Report

On May 15, 2002, President Bush signed the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation of 2002 (No FEAR) Act into law. The No Fear Act, with an effective date of October 1, 2003, requires that Federal agencies be more accountable for violations of anti-discrimination...

Guide for Calculating the Number of "All Firms" on US Census Website

DBE and ACDBE Certification for Non-Transportation Industry Businesses