Personal net worth.

(a) An owner whose PNW exceeds $2,047,000 is not presumed economically disadvantaged. (b) The Department will adjust the PNW cap by May 9, 2027 by multiplying $1,600,000 by the growth in total household net worth since 2019 as described by “Financial Accounts of the United States: Balance Sheet of Households (Supplementary Table B.101.h)” produced by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve ( https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/ ), and normalized by the total number of households as collected by the Census in “Families and Living Arrangements” ( https://www.census.gov/topics/families/families-and-households.html ) to account for population growth. The Department will adjust the PNW cap every 3 years on the anniversary of the adjustment date described in this section. The Department will post the adjustments on the Departmental Office of Civil Rights' web page, available at https://www.Transportation.gov/DBEPNW. Each such adjustment will become the currently applicable PNW limit for purposes of this regulation. (c) The Department will use formula 1 to this paragraph (c) to adjust the PNW limit: Formula 1 to Paragraph (c) [89 FR 55088, July 3, 2024]