COG is the associationof 17 local governments working together for a better metropolitan region. The White House has had an executive order to compel general use of the subsidies under consideration for many months. Wolf's bill would compel that order to be issued. While it would apply at first only to the nation's capital area, it would set a strong precedent for more use of the subsidies elsewhere. Currently agencies have the authority to provide such subsidies but the actual use varies greatly among agencies and among sites within agencies, largely because of budget restraints.
Some agencies also limit the subsidies to lower-income employees.