[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5625 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5625

 To provide for reimbursement for the use of modern travel services by 
 Federal employees traveling on official Government business, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 5, 2016

     Mr. Moulton (for himself, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mr. Swalwell of 
  California, Mr. Issa, Mr. Meadows, and Mrs. Bustos) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for reimbursement for the use of modern travel services by 
 Federal employees traveling on official Government business, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Modernizing Government Travel Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF MODERN TRAVEL 
              SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall prescribe 
regulations under section 5707 of title 5, United States Code, to 
provide for the reimbursement for the use of a transportation network 
company or innovative mobility technology by any Federal employee 
traveling on official business under subchapter I of chapter 57 of such 
title, except that the Director of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts shall prescribe such regulations with respect to 
employees of the judicial branch of the Government.
    (b) Report.--The Administrator of General Services shall submit an 
annual report to Congress on the implementation of the regulations 
required under subsection (a), including--
            (1) with respect to the first such report submitted, a 
        description of the regulations promulgated under such 
        subsection, and with respect to any subsequent report, a 
        description of any changes made to such regulations; and
            (2) the Government savings (if any) resulting from using a 
        transportation network company or innovative mobility 
        technology company.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``innovative mobility technology company'' 
        means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other 
        entity not described under paragraph (2) that utilizes 
        innovative mobility technologies to provide alternatives to 
        driving alone, including car-share, bike-share, carpool or 
        vanpool, multimodal fare payment system, app-based mobility 
        providers, and other innovative projects; and
            (2) the term ``transportation network company''--
                    (A) means a corporation, partnership, sole 
                proprietorship, or other entity that uses a digital 
                network to connect riders to drivers affiliated with 
                such company in order for the driver to transport the 
                rider using the driver's personal vehicle to a point 
                chosen by the rider; and
                    (B) does not include a shared expense carpool, a 
                vanpool arrangement, or any other arrangement or 
                service in which the driver receives a fee that does 
                not exceed the driver's cost associated with providing 
                the ride.
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