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S 1792 114th Congress Senate

Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2015

Official title: A bill 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 … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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: July 16, 2015 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Taxation CommutingEmployee benefits and pensionsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementIncome tax exclusionTransportation costs
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 16, 2015
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2015

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $250, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2015, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits.

Authorizes agencies to establish a program involving such benefits in lieu of transit passes to encourage commuting by federal employees by means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Jul 27, 2015
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jul 27, 2015
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jul 16, 2015
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jul 16, 2015
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 16, 2015
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jul 16, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1792: Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1792/
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