CFR > Title 23 - Highways > CHAPTER I—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION > SUBCHAPTER B—PAYMENT PROCEDURES (parts 140 to 192) > PART 140—REIMBURSEMENT > SUBPART E—Administrative Settlement Costs—Contract Claims (§140.501 to §140.505) > 140.501—Purpose.

140.501—Purpose.

This regulation establishes the criteria for eligibility for reimbursement of administrative settlement costs in defense of contract claims on projects performed by a State under Federal-aid procedures.