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 General 
Services shall prescribe regulations under section 5707 of 
title 5, United States Code, to provide for the reimburse-
ment 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 pre-
scribe such regulations with respect to employees of the judi-
cial 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-
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tation choices, better manage demand for transpor-
tation services, and provide alternatives to driving 
alone. 
(2) TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY.—The 
term ‘‘transportation network company’’ means a cor-
poration, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other 
entity, that uses a digital network to connect riders 
to drivers affiliated with the entity in order for a 
driver to provide transportation services to a rider. 
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 31 of each year, the 
head of each agency shall submit to the Administrator of 
the General Services, in a format prescribed by the Admin-
istrator and approved by the Director the Office of Manage-
ment 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; 
‘‘(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 
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utilizing each transportation type for purposes of offi-
cial travel. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator of the General Services shall 
make the data submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) pub-
lically available upon receipt. 
‘‘(3) Not later than January 31 of each year, the Ad-
ministrator of the General Services shall submit to the Di-
rector 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 Secu-
rity and Government Affairs of the Senate— 
‘‘(A) an analysis of the data submitted pursuant 
to paragraph (1) for the agencies listed in section 
901(b) of title 31 and a survey of such data for each 
other agency; and 
‘‘(B) a description of any new regulations pro-
mulgated or changes to existing regulations author-
ized under this section.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 599 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5625 
[Report No. 114–766] 
A BILL 
To provide for reimbursement for the use of mod-
ern travel services by Federal employees traveling 
on official Government business, and for other 
purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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