given such term in parts 23.3 and 26.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. (8) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. (9) Small business development center The term small business development center has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 ). (10) Small business transportation resource center The term small business transportation resource center means an entity funded by the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of Transportation that provides an array of technical assistance to build the capacity of small disadvantaged transportation businesses. 5. Severability If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and the application of such remainder to any person or circumstance shall not be affected. 6. Inflation adjustment to Department of Transportation net worth caps (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to increase the personal net worth cap contained in parts 23 and 26 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to account for any inflation that has occurred since the net worth cap under such parts was increased in the rule submitted by the Department of Transportation issued on January 28, 2011, titled Disadvantaged Business Enterprise: Program Improvements (76 Fed. Reg. 5083). (b) Parameters In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) use the consumer price index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as the inflation metric