H.R. 6008 — what changed
Transit Benefits Modernization Act
From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.
Sec. 3 Transit benefits for Federal employees for the use of digital transportation companies
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In General— During the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2018, any agency that has a program, including a program established under section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, or Executive Order 13150 (April 21, 2000; 65 Fed. Reg. 24613), to provide transit benefits to employees of the agency shall provide transit benefits to employees who use the services of any digital transportation network company within the Washington Metropolitan Area in the same manner as such agency provides transit benefits to employees who use public transportation services within the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Requirements—
Election— Unless otherwise statutorily authorized, an employee may receive transit benefits under this section only if the employee agrees in writing to not accept any other transit or parking benefit offered by the head of any agency with a transit benefit program while receiving the transit benefits under this section.
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Limitation— The amount of the transit benefit provided to an employee under this section during any month for the use of services provided by any digital transportation network company may not exceed the amount of the monthly average transit benefit received by the employee during the 6-month period immediately preceding the month during which an election is made under paragraph (1).
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Implementation— Transit benefits under this section shall be provided in a manner substantially similar to the manner in which transit benefits are provided to employees who use mass transportation services. The head of any agency with a transit benefit program may consult with any digital transportation network company and any other head of any agency with a transit benefit program to establish the procedures necessary to provide transit benefits under this section.
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Substantiation— The head of any agency with a transit benefit program, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in connection with the establishment of a process for implementing the transit benefit for any digital transportation network company, work with any such digital transportation network company in establishing a process to substantiate the use of transit benefits by Federal employees using the benefit for services provided by a digital transportation network company each month.
Definitions— In this section—
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the term “Washington Metropolitan Area” means the District of Columbia; Montgomery, Prince George’s, Frederick, and Charles Counties in Maryland; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William Counties in Virginia; and all cities now or hereafter existing in Maryland or Virginia within the geographic area bounded by the outer boundaries of the combined area of said counties; andcounties;
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the term “digital transportation company” means any transportation network company or car-sharing service;
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the term “car-sharing service” means a membership or non-membership based service primarily designed for shorter time or shorter distance trips where individuals are charged per mile or per hour, or both, for vehicle usage; and
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the term “transportation network company” means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that uses a digital network to connect riders to drivers affiliated with the entity in order for a driver to provide transportation services to a rider.