IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 274 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 11, 2017 
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 Gov-
ernment business, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Modernizing Govern-
ment Travel Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE 
OF MODERN TRAVEL SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services shall prescribe regulations under section 
5707 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the 
reimbursement for the use of a transportation network 
company or innovative mobility technology company by 
any Federal employee traveling on official business under 
subchapter I of chapter 57 of such title, except that the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts shall prescribe such regulations with respect to em-
ployees of the judicial branch of the Government. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INNOVATIVE MOBILITY TECHNOLOGY COM-
PANY.—The term ‘‘innovative mobility technology 
company’’ means an organization, including a cor-
poration, limited liability company, partnership, sole 
proprietorship, or any other entity, that applies tech-
nology to expand and enhance available transpor-
tation choices, better manages demand for transpor-
tation services, or provides alternatives to driving 
alone. 
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(2) TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK
COMPANY.— 
The term ‘‘transportation network company’’— 
(A) means a corporation, partnership, sole 
proprietorship, or other entity, that uses a dig-
ital network to connect riders to drivers affili-
ated with the entity in order for the driver to 
transport the rider using a vehicle owned, 
leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the 
driver to a point chosen by the rider; and 
(B) does not include a shared-expense car-
pool or vanpool arrangement that is not in-
tended to generate profit for the driver. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION COSTS. 
Section 5707(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c)(1) Not later than November 30 of each year, the 
head of each agency shall submit to the Administrator of 
General Services, in a format prescribed by the Adminis-
trator and approved by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget— 
‘‘(A) data on total agency payments for such 
items as travel and transportation of people, average 
costs and durations of trips, and purposes of official 
travel; 
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‘‘(B) data on estimated total agency payments 
for employee relocation; and 
‘‘(C) an analysis of the total costs of transpor-
tation service by type, and the total number of trips 
utilizing each transportation type for purposes of of-
ficial travel. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator of General Services shall 
make the data submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) pub-
licly available upon receipt. 
‘‘(3) Not later than January 31 of each year, the Ad-
ministrator of General Services shall submit to the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate— 
‘‘(A) an analysis of the data submitted pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) for the agencies listed in sec-
tion 901(b) of title 31 and a survey of such data for 
each other agency; and 
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‘‘(B) a description of any new regulations pro-
mulgated or changes to existing regulations author-
ized under this section.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 10, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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