[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 26, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 24613-24614]
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Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 81 / Wednesday, April 26, 2000 /
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Executive Order 13150 of April 21, 2000
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
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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.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 21, 2000.
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