Federal Workforce Transportation

                            THE WHITE HOUSE
 
                      Office of the Press Secretary
 
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 For Immediate  Release                                    April 21, 2000
 
 
                          EXECUTIVE ORDER 13150
 
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                     FEDERAL WORKFORCE TRANSPORTATION
 
 
      By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
 the laws of the United States of America, including the Transportation
 Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178), section 1911 of
 the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486), section 531(a)(1) of
 the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (26 U.S.C. 132), and the Federal
 Employees Clean Air Incentives Act (Public Law 103-172), and in order to
 reduce Federal employees' contribution to traffic congestion and air
 pollution and to expand their commuting alternatives, it is hereby
 ordered as follows:
 
      Section 1.  Mass Transportation and Vanpool Transportation Fringe
 Benefit Program.  (a) By no later than October 1, 2000, Federal agencies
 shall implement a transportation fringe benefit program that offers
 qualified Federal employees the option to exclude from taxable wages and
 compensation, consistent with section 132 of title 26, United States
 Code, employee commuting costs incurred through the use of mass
 transportation and vanpools, not to exceed the maximum level allowed by
 law (26 U.S.C. 132 (f)(2)).  These agency programs shall comply with the
 requirements of Internal Revenue Service regulations for qualified
 transportation fringe benefits under section 1.132-9 of title 26, Code
 of Federal Regulations, and other guidance.
 
      (b) Federal agencies are encouraged to use any nonmonetary
 incentive that the agencies may otherwise offer under any other
 provision of law or other authority to encourage mass transportation and
 vanpool use, as provided for in section 7905(b)(2)(C) of title 5, United
 States Code.
 
      Sec. 2.  Federal Agencies in the National Capital Region. Federal
 agencies in the National Capital Region shall implement a "transit pass"
 transportation fringe benefit program for their qualified Federal
 employees by no later than October 1, 2000.  Under this program,
 agencies shall provide their qualified Federal employees, in addition to
 current compensation, transit passes as defined in section 132(f)(5) of
 title 26, United States Code, in amounts approximately equal to employee
 commuting costs, not to exceed the maximum level allowed by law (26
 U.S.C. 132(f)(2)).  The National Capital Region is defined as the
 District of Columbia; Montgomery, Prince George's, and Frederick
 Counties in Maryland; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and Prince William
 Counties in Virginia; and all cities now or hereafter existing in
 Maryland or Virginia within the geographic area bounded by the outer
 boundaries of the combined area of said counties.
 
      Sec. 3.  Nationwide Pilot Program.  The Department of
 Transportation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department
 of Energy shall implement a "transit pass" transportation fringe benefit
 program, as described in section 2 of this order, for all of their
 qualified Federal employees as a 3 year pilot program by no later than
 October 1, 2000.  Before determining whether the program should be
 extended to other Federal employees nationwide, it shall be analyzed by
 an entity determined by the agencies identified in section 4 of this
 order to ascertain, among other things, if it is effective in reducing
 single occupancy vehicle travel and local area traffic congestion.
 
      Sec. 4.  Guidance.  Federal agencies shall develop plans to
 implement this order in consultation with the Department of the
 Treasury, the Department of Transportation, the Environmental Protection
 Agency, the Office of Personnel Management, the General Services
 Administration, and the Office of Management and Budget.  Federal
 agencies that currently have more generous programs or benefits in place
 may continue to offer those programs or benefits.  Agencies shall absorb
 the costs of implementing this order within the sums received pursuant
 to the President's FY 2001 budget request to the Congress.
 
      Sec. 5.  Judicial Review.  This order is not intended to and does
 not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable
 at law by any party against the United States, its agencies or
 instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
 
 
 
                                      WILLIAM J. CLINTON
 
 
                                      THE WHITE HOUSE,
                                      April 21, 2000.
 
 
 
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