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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3779
To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow Federal agencies (including
the government of the District of Columbia) to use passenger carriers,
owned or leased by the Government, to provide transportation to employ-
ees between their place of employment and mass transit facilities, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 14, 2002
Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, and Ms. NORTON)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Government Reform
A BILL
To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow Federal
agencies (including the government of the District of
Columbia) to use passenger carriers, owned or leased
by the Government, to provide transportation to employ-
ees between their place of employment and mass transit
facilities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
BETWEEN 
PLACE 
OF 
EMPLOYMENT 
AND
MASS TRANSIT FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1344 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as
subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(g)(1) A passenger carrier may be used to transport
an officer or employee of a Government agency between
the officer’s or employee’s place of employment and a
mass transit facility (whether or not publicly owned) in
accordance with succeeding provisions of this subsection.
‘‘(2) A Government agency that provides transpor-
tation services under this subsection shall absorb the costs
of such services using any funds available to such agency,
whether by appropriation or otherwise.
‘‘(3) In carrying out this subsection, a Government
agency shall—
‘‘(A) to the maximum extent practicable, use al-
ternative fuel vehicles to provide transportation serv-
ices;
‘‘(B) to the extent consistent with the purposes
of this subsection, provide transportation services in
a manner that does not result in additional gross in-
come for Federal income tax purposes; and
‘‘(C) coordinate with other Government agen-
cies to share, and otherwise avoid duplication of,
transportation services provided under this sub-
section.
‘‘(4) For purposes of any determination under chap-
ter 81 of title 5, an individual shall not be considered to
be in the ‘performance of duty’ by virtue of the fact that
such individual is receiving transportation services under
this subsection.
‘‘(5)(A) The Administrator of General Services, after
consultation with the National Capital Planning Commis-
sion and other appropriate agencies, shall prescribe any
regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.
‘‘(B) Transportation services under this subsection
shall be subject neither to the last sentence of subsection
(d)(3) nor to any regulations under the last sentence of
subsection (e)(1).
‘‘(6) As used in this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘Government agency’ means a
Federal agency and the government of the District
of Columbia; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘passenger carrier’ means a pas-
senger motor vehicle, aircraft, boat, ship, or other
similar means of transportation that is owned or
leased by the United States Government or the gov-
ernment of the District of Columbia.’’.
(b) FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, ETC.—Sub-
section (a) of section 1344 of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) the transportation of an individual be-
tween such individual’s place of employment and a
mass transit facility pursuant to subsection (g) is
transportation for an official purpose; and
‘‘(B) the term ‘Federal agency’, as used in such
paragraph, shall be considered to mean a Govern-
ment agency (as defined by subsection (g)), to the
extent that the passenger carriers involved are used
in the provision of transportation services under
such subsection.’’.
(c) COORDINATION.—The authority to provide trans-
portation services under section 1344(g) of title 31,
United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)) shall
be in addition to any authority otherwise available to the
agency involved.
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