109 HR 5908 IH: To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit certain U.S. House of Representatives 2006-07-26 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.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5908 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2006 Mr. Rogers of Michigan (for himself and Mr. Ehlers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit certain revenues of private vanpool contractors received from providing public transportation to be used for the purpose of acquiring rolling stock that is not funded, in part, by Federal, State, or local government assistance, and to permit certain expenditures of private vanpool contractors to be credited toward the local matching share of the costs of public transportation projects.

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Government’s share of costs for public transportation projects

Section 5323(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3)

Costs incurred by private vanpool contractors

(A)

Local matching share

The local matching share provided by a recipient of assistance for a capital project under this chapter may include amounts expended by a private vanpool contractor of the recipient, without Federal, State, or local governmental assistance, for the acquisition of rolling stock to be used by the contractor to provide turnkey public transportation on the recipient’s behalf. (B)

Use of revenues

A private vanpool contractor may use revenues that the contractor receives in providing public transportation that are in excess of the operating costs of the contractor for purposes of acquiring rolling stock. (C)

Definitions

In this paragraph, the following definitions apply: (i)

Private vanpool contractor

The term private vanpool contractor means a private entity providing public transportation pursuant to a contract with a recipient of assistance under this chapter using a commuter highway vehicle or vanpool. (ii)

Commuter highway vehicle; vanpool

The term commuter highway vehicle or vanpool means any vehicle— (I)the seating capacity of which is at least 6 adults (not including the driver); and (II)at least 80 percent of the mileage use of which can be reasonably expected to be for the purposes of transporting commuters in connection with travel between their residences and their place of employment. .