SEC. 304. INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE FOR CLEAN AIR ACT 
COMPLIANCE. 
Notwithstanding section 5323(i)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, a grant for a project to be assisted 
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. 305. 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 
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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.— 
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‘‘(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 
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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 
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‘‘(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 
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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 
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