1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Giving Disadvantaged Businesses Opportunities for Success Act . 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. Congressional findings on the importance of disadvantaged businesses. Sec. 4. Definitions. Sec. 5. Severability. Sec. 6. Inflation adjustment to Department of Transportation net worth caps. Sec. 7. Update to Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and ACDBE size standards. Sec. 8. Definition of assets under Department of Transportation personal net worth test. Sec. 9. Additional funding for Department of Transportation Minority Resource Center. Sec. 10. Improvements to Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and ACDBE mentor-protégé programs. Sec. 11. Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and ACDBE certification universal recognition. Sec. 12. Incentives for excellence in Disadvantaged Business Enterprise programs and ACDBE programs. Sec. 13. Reporting requirements and standards for waivers and exemptions. Sec. 14. Advisory committee on disadvantaged business enterprises and ACDBEs. Sec. 15. Definition of assets under the Small Business Act. 3. Congressional findings on the importance of disadvantaged businesses Congress finds the following: (1) While significant progress has occurred due to the establishment of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program of the Department of Transportation under section 11101(e) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( Public Law 117–58 ), the ACDBE program of the Department of Transportation under part 23 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and the Section 8(a) Business Development Program of the Small Business Administration (established under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637 )), discrimination and related barriers continue to pose significant obstacles for minority- and women-owned businesses seeking to do business in federally assisted