[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2402. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans 
Administration from being taken into account for purposes of 
determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:
       On page 401, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:

     SEC. 31209. GUIDANCE ON INNOVATIVE MOBILITY TECHNOLOGIES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary, in coordination with the 
     Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit 
     Administration, shall review policies and guidance to 
     identify ways in which the Department can encourage State 
     departments of transportation, transit agencies, and other 
     direct recipients of Federal-Aid Highway and Federal Transit 
     funding to encourage and expand the use of innovative 
     mobility technologies, including car sharing, bike sharing, 
     carpool, vanpool, transportation network companies, 
     multimodal fare payment systems, application-based mobility 
     programs, and other innovative projects that can make the 
     transportation system more safe and efficient.
       (b) Review of Guidance.--The Secretary, in coordination 
     with the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal 
     Transit Administration, shall--
       (1) review existing guidance and revise such guidance, as 
     necessary, to encourage the use and expansion of innovative 
     technologies, as appropriate; and
       (2) develop specific guidance and circulars on how 
     recipients of Federal-Aid Highway funding can and should be 
     utilizing such technologies.
       (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
     a report to Congress that includes--
       (1) a plan describing how the Department will identify and 
     provide technical assistance to recipients of Federal-Aid 
     Highway funding on integrating and utilizing innovative 
     mobility technologies;
       (2) a plan for addressing current and potential guidance 
     documents;
       (3) the identification of legislative barriers that prevent 
     expansion and utilization of innovative mobility 
     technologies, including mobility services provided by private 
     providers of public transportation; and
       (4) recommendations on policies that the Department should 
     implement and legislation that Congress should enact to 
     expand innovative mobility technologies.
       (d) Task Force.--To assist with the development of the 
     report under subsection (c), the Secretary shall create a 
     task force composed of representatives of--
       (1) national stakeholders representing--
       (A) city officials;
       (B) State departments of transportation;
       (C) transit agencies;
       (D) transportation demand management professionals;
       (E) rural transportation agencies;
       (F) shared use mobility providers;
       (G) intelligent transportation system professionals; and
       (H) additional private sector technology professionals, as 
     appropriate;
       (2) university transportation centers engaged in research 
     regarding urban mobility and shared use mobility;
       (3) private companies that provide, promote, and operate 
     digital mobility technologies and information technologies; 
     and
       (4) other entities that the Secretary determines could 
     contribute to the development of the report.
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