[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1513 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1513

  To allow Federal employees to take advantage of the transportation 
    fringe benefit provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are 
                 available to private sector employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1999

Ms. Norton (for herself and Mr. Nadler) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow Federal employees to take advantage of the transportation 
    fringe benefit provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are 
                 available to private sector employees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CASH PAYMENT TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FOR PARKING SPACES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Employee 
Flexibility Act of 1999''.
    (b) In General.--Section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(C) by inserting ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (3) by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (4); and
            (2) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
                follows:
            ``(A) a qualified transportation fringe as defined in 
        section 132(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (C) in subparagraph (C) by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) taxable cash payment to an employee in lieu of an 
        agency-provided parking space.''.
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