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HR 891 111th Congress House

Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a commo… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and to provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 4, 2009 Introduced by: McGovern, James P. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
Taxation CommutingEmployee benefits and pensionsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementIncome tax exclusionTransportation costs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Feb 4, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Feb 4, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 4, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb 4, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 4, 2009

Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $230, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2009, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits. Extends such benefits to federal employees.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 322 Identical bill Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Dec 8, 2010
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 19, 2010
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 9, 2009
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 4, 2009
Delahunt, Bill
· Feb 4, 2009
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 4, 2009
McMahon, Michael
· Feb 4, 2009
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 4, 2009
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Feb 4, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 891: Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-891/
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"H.R. 891: Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-891/.
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H.R. 891, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-891/.
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