PPP and investment law
The laws that govern PPP and concessions, investment guarantees, dispute settlement and legal terms, with links to the official texts.
Checked on October 23, 2026Information, not legal advice
The United States has no single federal PPP statute. P3 projects rely on state enabling laws: according to the Federal Highway Administration, 40 states, DC and Puerto Rico had transportation P3 statutes as of October 2025. Federal credit support comes from TIFIA. The US is an ICSID member and a party to the New York Convention, and it is not a member of the Energy Charter Treaty.
According to the Federal Highway Administration, transportation P3 enabling statutes exist in 40 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico (as of October 2025). One example is the Virginia Public-Private Transportation Act (Va. Code §§ 33.2-1800 to 1823), which grants broad authority and allows unsolicited proposals.
Federal credit support for infrastructure projects. It is not a PPP statute.
We have not yet checked a separate foreign investment or investment screening law for this jurisdiction against an official source, so we do not summarise one here.
The constitutional property provision has not yet been checked against the official text, so we do not summarise it here.
Contracting State
Party
Not a member (observer)
In force (1994)
How the law names each party, in the original language. Useful when reading tender documents and contracts.
There is no federal rule: it depends on state law. The Virginia Public-Private Transportation Act, for example, allows unsolicited proposals.
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