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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1575

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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 20 (legislative day, OCTOBER 13), 1993

Ms. MIKULSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

A BILL

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.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.

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

5 ‘‘Federal Employees Clean Air Incentives Act’’.

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

7 air quality and to reduce traffic congestion by providing

8 for the establishment of programs to encourage Federal
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1 employees to commute by means other than single-occu2 pancy motor vehicles.

3 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS.

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

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow6 ing:

7 ‘‘§ 7905. Programs to encourage commuting by means

8 other than single-occupancy motor vehi9 cles

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

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

12 defined by section 2105 and a member of a uni13 formed service;

14 ‘‘(2) the term ‘agency’ means—

15 ‘‘(A) an Executive agency;

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

17 and

18 ‘‘(C) the judicial branch;

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

20 means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the

21 Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the

22 Botanic Garden), the Capitol Police, the Congres23 sional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty Tribu24 nal, the Government Printing Office, the Library of
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1 Congress, and the Office of Technology Assessment;

2 and

3 ‘‘(4) the term ‘transit pass’ means a transit

4 pass as defined by section 132(f)(5) of the Internal

5 Revenue Code of 1986.

6 ‘‘(b)(1) The head of each agency may establish a pro7 gram to encourage employees of such agency to use means

8 other than single-occupancy motor vehicles to commute to

9 or from work.

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

11 involve such options as—

12 ‘‘(A) transit passes (including cash reimburse13 ments therefor, but only if a voucher or similar item

14 which may be exchanged only for a transit pass is

15 not readily available for direct distribution by the

16 agency);

17 ‘‘(B) furnishing space, facilities, or services to

18 bicyclists; and

19 ‘‘(C) any non-monetary incentive which the

20 agency head may otherwise offer under any other

21 provision of law or other authority.

22 ‘‘(c) The functions of an agency head under this sec23 tion shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) with respect to the judicial branch, be car2 ried out by the Director of the Administrative Office

3 of the United States Courts;

4 ‘‘(2) with respect to the House of Representa5 tives, be carried out by the Committee on House Ad6 ministration of the House of Representatives; and

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

8 by the Committee on Rules and Administration of

9 the Senate.

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

11 which shall—

12 ‘‘(1) prescribe guidelines for programs under

13 this section;

14 ‘‘(2) on request, furnish information or tech15 nical advice on the design or operation of any pro16 gram under this section; and

17 ‘‘(3) submit to the President and the Congress,

18 before January 1, 1995, and at least every 2 years

19 thereafter, a written report on the operation of this

20 section, including, with respect to the period covered

21 by the report—

22 ‘‘(A) the number of agencies offering pro23 grams under this section;

24 ‘‘(B) a brief description of each of the var25 ious programs;
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1 ‘‘(C) the extent of employee participation

2 in, and the costs to the Government associated

3 with, each of the various programs;

4 ‘‘(D) an assessment of any environmental

5 or other benefits realized as a result of pro6 grams established under this section; and

7 ‘‘(E) any other matter which may be ap8 propriate.’’.

9 (b) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter

10 79 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding

11 at the end the following:

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

12 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

13 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

14 take effect on January 1, 1994.

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