To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit certain revenues of private vanpool contractors received from providing public transportation to be used for the purpose of acquiring rolling stock that is not funded, in part, by Federal, State, or local government assistance, and to permit certain expenditures of private vanpool contractors to be credited toward the local matching share of the costs of public transportation projects.

Amends federal transportation law to allow the local matching share provided by a recipient of federal assistance for a capital project to include amounts expended by a private vanpool contractor of the recipient to acquire rolling stock used by the contractor to provide turnkey public transportation. Allows such contractor to use revenues received in providing public transportation that are in excess of the operating costs of the contractor to acquire such stock.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5908 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5908

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit certain revenues of 
      private vanpool contractors received from providing public 
 transportation to be used for the purpose of acquiring rolling stock 
  that is not funded, in part, by Federal, State, or local government 
   assistance, and to permit certain expenditures of private vanpool 
contractors to be credited toward the local matching share of the costs 
                   of public transportation projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2006

  Mr. Rogers of Michigan (for himself and Mr. Ehlers) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit certain revenues of 
      private vanpool contractors received from providing public 
 transportation to be used for the purpose of acquiring rolling stock 
  that is not funded, in part, by Federal, State, or local government 
   assistance, and to permit certain expenditures of private vanpool 
contractors to be credited toward the local matching share of the costs 
                   of public transportation projects.

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

SECTION 1. GOVERNMENT'S SHARE OF COSTS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
              PROJECTS.

    Section 5323(i) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Costs incurred by private vanpool contractors.--
                    ``(A) Local matching share.--The local matching 
                share provided by a recipient of assistance for a 
                capital project under this chapter may include amounts 
                expended by a private vanpool contractor of the 
                recipient, without Federal, State, or local 
                governmental assistance, for the acquisition of rolling 
                stock to be used by the contractor to provide turnkey 
                public transportation on the recipient's behalf.
                    ``(B) Use of revenues.--A private vanpool 
                contractor may use revenues that the contractor 
                receives in providing public transportation that are in 
                excess of the operating costs of the contractor for 
                purposes of acquiring rolling stock.
                    ``(C) Definitions.--In this paragraph, the 
                following definitions apply:
                            ``(i) Private vanpool contractor.--The term 
                        `private vanpool contractor' means a private 
                        entity providing public transportation pursuant 
                        to a contract with a recipient of assistance 
                        under this chapter using a commuter highway 
                        vehicle or vanpool.
                            ``(ii) Commuter highway vehicle; vanpool.--
                        The term `commuter highway vehicle' or 
                        `vanpool' means any vehicle--
                                    ``(I) the seating capacity of which 
                                is at least 6 adults (not including the 
                                driver); and
                                    ``(II) at least 80 percent of the 
                                mileage use of which can be reasonably 
                                expected to be for the purposes of 
                                transporting commuters in connection 
                                with travel between their residences 
                                and their place of employment.''.
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