3.0.0 1792 2023-01-11T13:30:06Z 2023-01-11T13:30:06Z Senate S 2015-07-16 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-16T19:52:48Z 2015-07-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-07-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2015-07-16 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-07-16 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2015-07-16 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2015-07-16 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-07-16 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-07-16 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-07-16 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-07-16 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-07-27 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2015-07-27 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-12-08 False Taxation Commuting Employee benefits and pensions Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Income tax exclusion Transportation costs Taxation 00 2015-07-16 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-21T14:34:18Z Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2015

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $250, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2015, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits.

Authorizes agencies to establish a program involving such benefits in lieu of transit passes to encourage commuting by federal employees by means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles.

]]> Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2015 Display Title Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1792is/xml/BILLS-114s1792is.xml 2015-07-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.