Bike to Work Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2559
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2017-05-19
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting

Employee benefits and pensions

Income tax exclusion

Pedestrians and bicycling

Public transit
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Bike to Work Act of 201</strong><b>7</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to include a bicycle sharing system as a mass transit facility for purposes of the tax exclusion of employer-paid commuting expenses. The bill defines "bicycle sharing system" as a public transportation system: (1) consisting of a network of stations at which bicycles are made available to customers for commuting and short-term, point-to-point use within the network's service area; and (2) that is operated or authorized by a government agency or public-private partnership. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2559 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2017 Mr. Crowley (for himself and Mr. Paulsen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat bicycle sharing systems as mass transit facilities for purposes of the qualified transportation fringe.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bike to Work Act of 2017 . 2. Bicycle sharing systems treated as mass transit facilities (a) In General Section 132(f)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (G) Bicycle sharing systems treated as mass transit facilities (i) In general A bicycle sharing system shall be treated as a mass transit facility for purposes of subparagraph (A)(i). (ii) Bicycle sharing system The term bicycle sharing system means a public transportation system— (I) consisting of a network of stations at which bicycles are made available to customers for commuting and short-term, point-to-point use within the network’s service area, and (II) that is operated or authorized by a government agency or public-private partnership. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.