[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3592 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3592

To establish a pilot program to reduce the number of vehicles owned by 
   certain Federal departments and increase the use of ride-sharing 
                               services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2015

Mr. Schweikert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a pilot program to reduce the number of vehicles owned by 
   certain Federal departments and increase the use of ride-sharing 
                               services.

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

SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM FOR REDUCTION OF DEPARTMENT-OWNED VEHICLES AND 
              INCREASE IN USE OF RIDE-SHARING SERVICES.

    (a) Pilot Program Requirement.--The Secretary of each covered 
department shall establish a pilot program within the department for 
the following purposes:
            (1) To reduce the inventory of light vehicles owned by the 
        department by 10 percent for each of the fiscal years described 
        in subsection (b), through the sale or other appropriate 
        disposal of such vehicles.
            (2) At the discretion of the Secretary of the department, 
        to increase the use by the department of commercial ride-
        sharing companies.
    (b) Fiscal Years Described.--The fiscal years described in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) The first fiscal year beginning after the expiration of 
        the 1-year period starting on the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Each of the four fiscal years following the fiscal year 
        described in paragraph (1).
    (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 60 days after the end of 
the fiscal year described in subsection (b)(1), and annually thereafter 
for the duration of the pilot program, the Secretary of each covered 
department shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the 
pilot program in the department. The report shall include information 
about the transportation budget of the department and such findings and 
recommendations as the Secretary of the department considers 
appropriate.
    (d) Covered Department.--In this Act, the term ``covered 
department'' means each of the following:
            (1) The Department of Agriculture.
            (2) The Department of the Interior.
            (3) The Department of Energy.
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