Title: Modernizing Government Travel Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Modernizing Government Travel Act
This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to prescribe regulations to provide for the reimbursement of federal employees traveling on official business for the use of a transportation network company (e.g., Uber or Lyft) or innovative mobility technology. The Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall prescribe such regulations with respect to judicial branch employees.
The bill revises GSA's reporting requirements regarding official travel.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 78 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 78

 To provide for reimbursement for the use of modern travel services by 
 Federal employees traveling on official Government business, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 10, 2017

  Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Carper, Mr. Booker, and Mr. 
   Johnson) 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 provide for reimbursement for the use of modern travel services by 
 Federal employees traveling on official Government business, 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 ``Modernizing Government 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--
            (1) the Administrator of General 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 company by a Federal employee traveling on official 
        business under subchapter I of chapter 57 of such title; and
            (2) the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
        States Courts shall prescribe such regulations with respect to 
        the reimbursement of employees of the judicial branch of the 
        Government.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Innovative mobility technology company.--The term 
        ``innovative mobility technology company'' means an 
        organization, including a corporation, limited liability 
        company, partnership, sole proprietorship, or any other entity, 
        that applies technology to expand and enhance available 
        transportation choices, better manage demand for transportation 
        services, or provide alternatives to driving alone.
            (2) Transportation network company.--The term 
        ``transportation network company''--
                    (A) means a corporation, partnership, sole 
                proprietorship, or other entity that uses a digital 
                network to connect riders to drivers affiliated with 
                the entity in order for the driver to transport the 
                rider using a vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise 
                authorized for use by the driver to a point chosen by 
                the rider; and
                    (B) does not include a shared-expense carpool or 
                vanpool arrangement that is not intended to generate 
                profit for the driver.

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 General Services, in a 
format prescribed by the Administrator and approved by the Director of 
the Office of Management 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--
                    ``(i) the total costs of transportation service by 
                type; and
                    ``(ii) the total number of trips using each 
                transportation type for purposes of official travel.
    ``(2) The Administrator of General Services shall make the data and 
analyses submitted under paragraph (1) publically available upon 
receipt.
    ``(3) Not later than January 31 of each year, the Administrator of 
General Services shall submit to the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Government Affairs of the Senate--
    ``(A) an examination of the data and analyses submitted under 
paragraph (1) for the agencies listed in section 901(b) of title 31;
    ``(B) a survey of such data and analyses for each agency not listed 
in section 901(b) of title 31; and
    ``(C) a description of any regulations promulgated, or changes to 
regulations promulgated, under this section during the previous 
year.''.
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