Title: Relocation Expense Parity Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Relocation Expense Parity Act
This bill authorizes an agency to reimburse federal, state, and local income taxes incurred by an individual for travel, transportation, or relocation expenses. (Current law provides for reimbursement for moving and storage expenses of an employee.)

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3236 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3236

   To enhance the ability of Federal agencies to deliver relocation 
 management services to the Federal Government, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 18, 2018

 Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Collins, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. 
  Van Hollen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To enhance the ability of Federal agencies to deliver relocation 
 management services to the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Relocation Expense Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FOR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL 
              INCOME TAXES INCURRED DURING TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND 
              RELOCATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 5724b of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading by striking ``of employees 
        transferred'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``employee, 
                or by an employee and such employee's spouse (if filing 
                jointly), for any moving or storage'' and inserting 
                ``individual, or by an individual and such individual's 
                spouse (if filing jointly), for any travel, 
                transportation, or relocation''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking 
                ``employee'' and inserting ``individual, or the 
                individual''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) For purposes of this section, the term `travel, 
transportation, or relocation expenses' means all travel, 
transportation, or relocation expenses reimbursed or furnished in kind 
pursuant to subchapter II of this chapter or chapter 41.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 5724b and inserting the following:

``5724b. Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and 
                            relocation expenses.''.
    (c) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect as though enacted on January 1, 2018.
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