PUBLIC LAW 105-178—JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 115 V of this Act, other than small business concerns described in subparagraph (B)— (i) the annual gross receipts of the business concerns; and (ii) the net worth of individuals that own and control the business concerns; (E) the rate of graduation from any programs carried out to comply with the requirement of paragraph (1) for small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; (F) the overall cost of administering the requirement of paragraph (1), including administrative costs, certification costs, additional construction costs, and litigation costs; (G) any discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex against small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; (H)(i) any other factors limiting the ability of small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals to compete for prime contracts and subcontracts funded under titles I, III, and V of this Act; and (ii) the extent to which any of those factors are caused, in whole or in part, by discrimination based on race, color, national origin, or sex; (I) any discrimination, on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex, against construction companies owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in public and private transportation contracting and the financial, credit, insurance, and bond markets; (J) the impact on small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals of— (i) the issuance of a final order described in paragraph (5) by a Federal court that suspends a program established under paragraph (1); or (ii) the repeal or suspension of State or local disadvantaged business enterprise programs; and (K) the impact of the requirement of paragraph (1), and any program carried out to comply with paragraph (1), on competition and the creation of jobs, including the creation of jobs for socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. SEC. 1102. OBLIGATION CEIUNG. 23 USC 104 note. (a) GENERAL LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law but subject to subsections (g) and (h), the obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs (1) $21,500,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; (2) $25,431,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; (3) $26,155,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; (4) $26,651,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; (5) $27,235,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; and (6) $27,681,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.
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