under chapter 53 of such title during fiscal years 2008 
and 2009 that involves acquiring clean fuel or alternative 
fuel vehicle-related equipment or facilities for the purposes 
of complying with or maintaining compliance with the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) shall be for 100 
percent of the net project cost of the equipment or facility 
attributable to compliance with that Act unless the grant 
recipient requests a lower grant percentage. 
SEC. 5. TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFITS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT THAT AGENCIES OFFER TRANSIT 
PASS TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFITS
TO THEIR 
EMPLOYEES NATIONWIDE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3049(a)(1) of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (5 U.S.C. 7905 
note; 119 Stat. 1711) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Effective’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘each covered agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Each agency’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘at a location in an ur-
banized area of the United States that is served 
by fixed route public transportation’’ before 
‘‘shall be offered’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
3049(a) of such Act (5 U.S.C. 7905 note; 119 Stat. 
1711) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) through (F) as subparagraphs (A) 
through (E), respectively; and 
(B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘a cov-
ered agency’’ and inserting ‘‘an agency’’. 
(b) BENEFITS DESCRIBED.—Section 3049(a)(2) of 
such Act (5 U.S.C. 7905 note; 119 Stat. 1711) is amended 
by striking the period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, except that the maximum level of such benefits 
shall be the maximum amount which may be excluded 
from gross income for qualified parking as in effect for 
a month under section 132(f)(2)(B) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986.’’. 
(c) GUIDANCE.—Section 3049(a) of such Act (5 
U.S.C. 7905 note; 119 Stat. 1711) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) GUIDANCE.— 
‘‘(A) ISSUANCE.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall issue
guidance on nationwide implementation of the 
transit pass transportation fringe benefits pro-
gram under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) UNIFORM APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The guidance to 
be issued under subparagraph (A) shall 
contain a uniform application for use by all 
Federal employees applying for benefits 
from an agency under the program. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIRED
INFORMATION.—As 
part of such an application, an employee 
shall provide, at a minimum, the employ-
ee’s home and work addresses, a break-
down of the employee’s commuting costs, 
and a certification of the employee’s eligi-
bility for benefits under the program. 
‘‘(iii) 
WARNING
AGAINST
FALSE 
STATEMENTS.—Such an application shall 
contain a warning against making false 
statements in the application. 
‘‘(C) INDEPENDENT
VERIFICATION
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The guidance to be issued 
under subparagraph (A) shall contain inde-
pendent verification requirements to ensure
that, with respect to an employee of an agen-
cy— 
‘‘(i) the eligibility of the employee for 
benefits under the program is verified by 
an official of the agency; 
‘‘(ii) employee commuting costs are 
verified by an official of the agency; and 
‘‘(iii) records of the agency are 
checked to ensure that the employee is not 
receiving parking benefits from the agency. 
‘‘(D) PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The guidance to be issued 
under subparagraph (A) shall contain program 
implementation requirements applicable to each 
agency to ensure that— 
‘‘(i) benefits provided by the agency 
under the program are adjusted in cases of 
employee travel, leave, or change of ad-
dress; 
‘‘(ii) removal from the program is in-
cluded in the procedures of the agency re-
lating to an employee separating from em-
ployment with the agency; and 
‘‘(iii) benefits provided by the agency 
under the program are made available
using an electronic format (rather than 
using paper fare media) where such a for-
mat is available for use. 
‘‘(E) ENFORCEMENT
AND
PENALTIES.— 
The guidance to be issued under subparagraph 
(A) shall contain a uniform administrative pol-
icy on enforcement and penalties. Such policy 
shall be implemented by each agency to ensure 
compliance with program requirements, to pre-
vent fraud and abuse, and, as appropriate, to 
penalize employees who have abused or misused 
the benefits provided under the program. 
‘‘(F) PERIODIC
REVIEWS.—The guidance 
to be issued under subparagraph (A) shall re-
quire each agency, not later than September 1 
of the first fiscal year beginning after the date 
of enactment of this paragraph, and every 3 
years thereafter, to develop and submit to the 
Secretary a review of the agency’s implementa-
tion of the program. Each such review shall 
contain, at a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(i) An assessment of the agency’s 
implementation of the guidance, including 
a summary of the audits and investiga-
tions, if any, of the program conducted by 
the Inspector General of the agency. 
‘‘(ii) Information on the total number 
of employees of the agency that are partici-
pating in the program. 
‘‘(iii) Information on the total number 
of single occupancy vehicles removed from 
the roadway network as a result of partici-
pation by employees of the agency in the 
program. 
‘‘(iv) Information on energy savings 
and emissions reductions, including reduc-
tions in greenhouse gas emissions, result-
ing from reductions in single occupancy ve-
hicle use by employees of the agency that 
are participating in the program. 
‘‘(v) Information on reduced conges-
tion and improved air quality resulting 
from reductions in single occupancy vehicle 
use by employees of the agency that are 
participating in the program. 
‘‘(vi) Recommendations to increase 
program participation and thereby reduce 
single occupancy vehicle use by Federal 
employees nationwide.
‘‘(6) REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 
than September 30 of the first fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, and 
every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture and the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate a report on nationwide implemen-
tation of the transit pass transportation fringe bene-
fits program under this subsection, including a sum-
mary of the information submitted by agencies pur-
suant to paragraph (5)(F).’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise specifi-
cally provided, the amendments made by this section shall 
become effective on the first day of the first fiscal year 
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. CAPITAL COST OF CONTRACTING VANPOOL PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall establish and implement a pilot program to 
carry out vanpool demonstration projects in not more than 
3 urbanized areas and not more than 2 other than urban-
ized areas. 
(b) PILOT PROGRAM.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
5323(i) of title 49, United States Code, for each 
project selected for participation in the pilot pro-
gram, the Secretary shall allow the non-Federal 
share provided by a recipient of assistance for a cap-
ital project under chapter 53 of such title to include 
the amounts described in paragraph (2). 
(2) CONDITIONS ON ACQUISITION OF VANS.— 
The amounts referred to in paragraph (1) are any 
amounts expended by a private provider of public 
transportation by vanpool for the acquisition of vans 
to be used by such private provider in the recipient’s 
service area, excluding any amounts the provider 
may have received in Federal, State, or local govern-
ment assistance for such acquisition, if the private 
provider enters into a legally binding agreement with 
the recipient that requires the private provider to 
use all revenues it receives in providing public trans-
portation in such service area, in excess of its oper-
ating costs, for the purpose of acquiring vans to be 
used by the private provider in such service area. 
(c) PROGRAM TERM.—The Secretary may approve an 
application for a vanpool demonstration project for fiscal 
years 2008 through 2009.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
Senate a report containing an assessment of the costs, 
benefits, and efficiencies of the vanpool demonstration 
projects. 
SEC. 7. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE FOR END-OF-LINE 
FIXED GUIDEWAY STATIONS. 
Notwithstanding section 5309(h) of title 49, United 
States Code, a grant for a capital project to be assisted 
under section 5309 of such title during fiscal years 2008 
and 2009 that involves the acquisition of real property for, 
or the design, engineering, or construction of, additional 
parking facilities at an end-of-line fixed guideway station 
or at a park-and-ride lot that serves a fixed route com-
muter bus route that is more than 20 miles in length shall 
be for 100 percent of the net capital cost of the project 
unless the grant recipient requests a lower grant percent-
age. 
SEC. 8. NATIONAL CONSUMER AWARENESS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall carry out a national consumer awareness program 
to educate the public on the environmental, energy, and
economic benefits of public transportation alternatives to 
the use of single occupancy vehicles. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. Such sums shall remain 
available until expended. 
SEC. 9. EXCEPTION TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL PROCUREMENT 
REQUIREMENT. 
Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 42 U.S. C. 17142) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No Federal agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b), no Federal agency’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not prohibit 
a Federal agency from entering into a contract to pur-
chase a generally available fuel that is not an alternative 
or synthetic fuel or predominantly produced from a non-
conventional petroleum source, if— 
‘‘(1) the contract does not specifically require 
the contractor to provide an alternative or synthetic 
fuel or fuel from a nonconventional petroleum 
source;
‘‘(2) the purpose of the contract is not to obtain 
an alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from a non-
conventional petroleum source; and 
‘‘(3) the contract does not provide incentives for 
a refinery upgrade or expansion to allow a refinery 
to use or increase its use of fuel from a nonconven-
tional petroleum source.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 26, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6052 
AN ACT 
To promote increased public transportation use, to 
promote increased use of alternative fuels in pro-
viding public transportation, and for other pur-
poses.