3.0.0 2311 2023-01-13T04:49:03Z 2023-01-13T04:49:03Z Senate S S 2006-02-16 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-16T22:47:43Z 2006-02-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2006-02-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1431-1432) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2006-04-27 False Social Welfare Blind Congress Disabled Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to transportation Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Income tax Motor vehicles Nonprofit organizations Sunset legislation Tax credits Taxation Taxicabs Transportation and Public Works Transportation and the aged Transportation and the disabled User charges Social Welfare 00 2006-02-16 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-10T18:36:35Z Older Americans Sustainable Mobility Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Aging, to establish a demonstration project to enable qualified persons (specified older, blind, or visually impaired individuals and qualified passengers) to obtain: (1) economically sustainable transportation services (demand-responsive transportation services by automobile by a combination of volunteer and paid drivers) from economically sustainable transportation providers (nonprofit transportation providers that receive funding to connect to, and provide economically sustainable services through, a national network of transportation providers); and (2) transportation services from qualified transportation providers (nonprofit, public, or licensed private transportation providers that connect to and provide transportation through such network).

Allows an income tax credit for 30% of the value of transportation services allocated to a transportation account of a qualified individual in exchange for the transfer of a motor vehicle to an economically sustainable transportation provider.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to such transportation providers to pay for the federal share of the costs of acquiring and using technology to connect to the national network and the costs of participating in, and providing economically sustainable transportation services through, the network.

]]> Older Americans Sustainable Mobility Act of 2006 Display Title Older Americans Sustainable Mobility Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a demonstration project to develop a national network of economically sustainable transportation providers and qualified transportation providers, to provide transportation services to older individuals, and individuals who are blind, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Older Americans Sustainable Mobility Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2311is/xml/BILLS-109s2311is.xml 2006-02-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.