Ending certain participation goals for Department of Transportation financial assistance programs

(a) Written assurances for airport improvement project grants Section 47107(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking 10 percent and inserting 5 percent; and (B) by striking small business concerns (as defined by regulations of the Secretary) owned and controlled by a socially and economically disadvantaged individual (as defined in section 47113(a) of this title) or; (2) in paragraph (4)(B), in the second sentence, by striking small business concern owned and controlled by a socially and economically disadvantaged individual or as a; and (3) in paragraph (6), by striking small business concern owned and controlled by a socially and economically disadvantaged individual or a. (b) Disadvantaged business concern Section 47113 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking Minority and disadvantaged business and inserting Small business concern and qualified HUBZone small business concern; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking paragraph (2); and (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); (3) by striking subsections (b) and (e); (4) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (f) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively; (5) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)), by striking small business concerns referred to in subsection (b) of this section and inserting qualified HUBZone small business concerns; and (6) in subsection (d)(1) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)), by striking small business concerns referred to in subsection (b) and inserting qualified HUBZone small business concerns. (c) Environmental Protection Agency The matter under the heading Administrative Provisions under the heading Environmental Protection Agency under the heading Independent Agencies in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, is amended by striking the first paragraph (42 U.S.C. 4370d).