H. R. 3318

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three

An Act

To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of programs

to encourage Federal employees to commute by means other than single-occupancy

motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal

Employees Clean Air Incentives Act’’.

(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to improve air quality

and to reduce traffic congestion by providing for the establishment

of programs to encourage Federal employees to commute by means

other than single-occupancy motor vehicles.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 79 of title 5, United States Code,

is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘§ 7905. Programs to encourage commuting by means other

than single-occupancy motor vehicles

‘‘(a) For the purpose of this section—

‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ means an employee as defined

by section 2105 and a member of a uniformed service;

‘‘(2) the term ‘agency’ means—

‘‘(A) an Executive agency;

‘‘(B) an entity of the legislative branch; and

‘‘(C) the judicial branch;

‘‘(3) the term ‘entity of the legislative branch’ means the

House of Representatives, the Senate, the Office of the Architect

of the Capitol (including the Botanic Garden), the Capitol

Police, the Congressional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty

Tribunal, the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the Office of Technology Assessment; and ‘‘(4) the term ‘transit pass’ means a transit pass as defined

by section 132(f)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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‘‘(b)(1) The head of each agency may establish a program to

encourage employees of such agency to use means other than singleoccupancy motor vehicles to commute to or from work.

‘‘(2) A program established under this section may involve

such options as—

‘‘(A) transit passes (including cash reimbursements therefor, but only if a voucher or similar item which may be

exchanged only for a transit pass is not readily available for

direct distribution by the agency);

‘‘(B) furnishing space, facilities, or services to bicyclists;

and

‘‘(C) any non-monetary incentive which the agency head

may otherwise offer under any other provision of law or other

authority.

‘‘(c) The functions of an agency head under this section shall—

‘‘(1) with respect to the judicial branch, be carried out

by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United

States Courts;

‘‘(2) with respect to the House of Representatives, be carried

out by the Committee on House Administration of the House

of Representatives; and

‘‘(3) with respect to the Senate, be carried out by the

Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

‘‘(d) The President shall designate 1 or more agencies which

shall—

‘‘(1) prescribe guidelines for programs under this section;

‘‘(2) on request, furnish information or technical advice

on the design or operation of any program under this section;

and

‘‘(3) submit to the President and the Congress, before January 1, 1995, and at least every 2 years thereafter, a written

report on the operation of this section, including, with respect

to the period covered by the report—

‘‘(A) the number of agencies offering programs under

this section;

‘‘(B) a brief description of each of the various programs;

‘‘(C) the extent of employee participation in, and the

costs to the Government associated with, each of the various programs;

‘‘(D) an assessment of any environmental or other benefits realized as a result of programs established under

this section; and

‘‘(E) any other matter which may be appropriate.’’.

(b) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 79 of title

5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the

following:

‘‘7905. Programs to encourage commuting by means other than single-occupancy

motor vehicles.’’.
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take

effect on January 1, 1994.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.