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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5625 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To provide for reimbursement for the use of modern travel 

services by Federal employees traveling on official Government business, and for other purposes. 

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

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing Govern3 ment Travel Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE 

5 OF MODERN TRAVEL SERVICES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of Gen8 eral Services shall prescribe regulations under section 

9 5707 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the 

10 reimbursement for the use of a transportation network 

11 company or innovative mobility technology company by 

12 any Federal employee traveling on official business under 

13 subchapter I of chapter 57 of such title, except that the 

14 Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 

15 Courts shall prescribe such regulations with respect to em16 ployees of the judicial branch of the Government. 

17 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) INNOVATIVE MOBILITY TECHNOLOGY COM19 PANY.—The term ‘‘innovative mobility technology 

20 company’’ means an organization, including a cor21 poration, limited liability company, partnership, sole 

22 proprietorship, or any other entity, that applies tech23 nology to expand and enhance available transpor24 tation choices, better manage demand for transpor25 tation services, and provide alternatives to driving 

26 alone. 

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1 (2) TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY.— 

2 The term ‘‘transportation network company’’ means 

3 a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or 

4 other entity, that uses a digital network to connect 

5 riders to drivers affiliated with the entity in order 

6 for a driver to provide transportation services to a 

7 rider. 

8 SEC. 3. REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION COSTS. 

9 Section 5707(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 

10 amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(c)(1) Not later than November 31 of each year, the 

12 head of each agency shall submit to the Administrator of 

13 the General Services, in a format prescribed by the Admin14 istrator and approved by the Director the Office of Man15 agement and Budget— 

16 ‘‘(A) data on total agency payments for such 

17 items as travel and transportation of people, average 

18 costs and durations of trips, and purposes of official 

19 travel; 

20 ‘‘(B) data on estimated total agency payments 

21 for employee relocation; and 

22 ‘‘(C) an analysis of the total costs of transpor23 tation service by type, and the total number of trips 

24 utilizing each transportation type for purposes of of25 ficial travel. 

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1 ‘‘(2) The Administrator of the General Services shall 

2 make the data submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) pub3 lically available upon receipt. 

4 ‘‘(3) Not later than January 31 of each year, the Ad5 ministrator of the General Services shall submit to the Di6 rector of the Office of Management and Budget, the Com7 mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 

8 of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Se9 curity and Government Affairs of the Senate— 

10 ‘‘(A) an analysis of the data submitted pursu11 ant to paragraph (1) for the agencies listed in sec12 tion 901(b) of title 31 and a survey of such data for 

13 each other agency; and 

14 ‘‘(B) a description of any new regulations pro15 mulgated or changes to existing regulations author16 ized under this section.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 

2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 

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