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107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3779

   To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow Federal agencies 
(including the government of the District of Columbia) to use passenger 
carriers, owned or leased by the Government, to provide transportation 
    to employees between their place of employment and mass transit 
                  facilities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2002

 Mrs. Morella (for herself, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, and Ms. Norton) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 31, United States Code, to allow Federal agencies 
(including the government of the District of Columbia) to use passenger 
carriers, owned or leased by the Government, to provide transportation 
    to employees between their place of employment and mass transit 
                  facilities, 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. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN PLACE OF 
              EMPLOYMENT AND MASS TRANSIT FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1344 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections 
        (h) and (i), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g)(1) A passenger carrier may be used to transport an officer or 
employee of a Government agency between the officer's or employee's 
place of employment and a mass transit facility (whether or not 
publicly owned) in accordance with succeeding provisions of this 
subsection.
    ``(2) A Government agency that provides transportation services 
under this subsection shall absorb the costs of such services using any 
funds available to such agency, whether by appropriation or otherwise.
    ``(3) In carrying out this subsection, a Government agency shall--
            ``(A) to the maximum extent practicable, use alternative 
        fuel vehicles to provide transportation services;
            ``(B) to the extent consistent with the purposes of this 
        subsection, provide transportation services in a manner that 
        does not result in additional gross income for Federal income 
        tax purposes; and
            ``(C) coordinate with other Government agencies to share, 
        and otherwise avoid duplication of, transportation services 
        provided under this subsection.
    ``(4) For purposes of any determination under chapter 81 of title 
5, an individual shall not be considered to be in the `performance of 
duty' by virtue of the fact that such individual is receiving 
transportation services under this subsection.
    ``(5)(A) The Administrator of General Services, after consultation 
with the National Capital Planning Commission and other appropriate 
agencies, shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this 
subsection.
    ``(B) Transportation services under this subsection shall be 
subject neither to the last sentence of subsection (d)(3) nor to any 
regulations under the last sentence of subsection (e)(1).
    ``(6) As used in this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `Government agency' means a Federal agency 
        and the government of the District of Columbia; and
            ``(B) the term `passenger carrier' means a passenger motor 
        vehicle, aircraft, boat, ship, or other similar means of 
        transportation that is owned or leased by the United States 
        Government or the government of the District of Columbia.''.
    (b) Funds for Maintenance, Repair, etc.--Subsection (a) of section 
1344 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(3) For purposes of paragraph (1)--
            ``(A) the transportation of an individual between such 
        individual's place of employment and a mass transit facility 
        pursuant to subsection (g) is transportation for an official 
        purpose; and
            ``(B) the term `Federal agency', as used in such paragraph, 
        shall be considered to mean a Government agency (as defined by 
        subsection (g)), to the extent that the passenger carriers 
        involved are used in the provision of transportation services 
        under such subsection.''.
    (c) Coordination.--The authority to provide transportation services 
under section 1344(g) of title 31, United States Code (as amended by 
subsection (a)) shall be in addition to any authority otherwise 
available to the agency involved.
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