Public Transportation Accountability Act

Public Transportation Accountability Act - Prohibits a public transportation agency that receives federal funds from providing annual compensation (i.e., salary and amounts paid under a severance agreement) to the chief executive officer or any other office or employee of such agency in an amount that exceeds the annual compensation of the President of the United States ($400,000 base salary).

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1496 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1496

 To enhance taxpayer accountability at public transportation agencies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 2013

   Mr. Kirk introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To enhance taxpayer accountability at public transportation agencies.

    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 ``Public Transportation Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Annual compensation.--The term ``annual compensation'' 
        means all amounts paid to an individual during a calendar year, 
        including--
                    (A) salary; and
                    (B) amounts paid in accordance with a severance 
                agreement.
            (2) Public transportation agency.--The term ``public 
        transportation agency'' has the meaning given the term in 
        section 1402 of the National Transit Systems Security Act of 
        2007 (6 U.S.C. 1131).
    (b) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as a 
condition on the receipt of Federal funds by any public transportation 
agency, the public transportation agency shall be prohibited from 
providing annual compensation to the chief executive, or any other 
officer or employee, of the public transportation agency in an amount 
that is in excess of the annual compensation of the President of the 
United States as described in section 102 of title 3, United States 
Code.
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