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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5625 
To provide for reimbursement for the use of modern travel services by Federal 
employees traveling on official Government business, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 5, 2016 
Mr. MOULTON (for himself, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia, Mr. ISSA, Mr. MEADOWS, and Mrs. BUSTOS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
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, 
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-
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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 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 employees 
of the judicial branch of the Government. 
(b) REPORT.—The Administrator of General Services 
shall submit an annual report to Congress on the imple-
mentation of the regulations required under subsection 
(a), including— 
(1) with respect to the first such report sub-
mitted, a description of the regulations promulgated 
under such subsection, and with respect to any sub-
sequent report, a description of any changes made to 
such regulations; and 
(2) the Government savings (if any) resulting 
from using a transportation network company or in-
novative mobility technology company. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘innovative mobility technology 
company’’ means a corporation, partnership, sole 
proprietorship, or other entity not described under 
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paragraph (2) that utilizes innovative mobility tech-
nologies to provide alternatives to driving alone, in-
cluding car-share, bike-share, carpool or vanpool, 
multimodal fare payment system, app-based mobility 
providers, and other innovative projects; and 
(2) the term ‘‘transportation network com-
pany’’— 
(A) means a corporation, partnership, sole 
proprietorship, or other entity that uses a dig-
ital network to connect riders to drivers affili-
ated with such company in order for the driver 
to transport the rider using the driver’s per-
sonal vehicle to a point chosen by the rider; and 
(B) does not include a shared expense car-
pool, a vanpool arrangement, or any other ar-
rangement or service in which the driver re-
ceives a fee that does not exceed the driver’s 
cost associated with providing the ride. 
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