S 1116 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2013

Introduced Jun 7, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Charles E. Schumer D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 7, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 7, 2013
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $245, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2013, 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.

Cosponsors 13

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 7, 2013 to May 13, 2014, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Jun 7, 2013
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons	Original	Jun 7, 2013
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Original	Jun 7, 2013
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Jun 7, 2013
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper	Original	Jun 7, 2013
D-HI	Brian Schatz		Jun 12, 2013
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski		Oct 28, 2013
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Dec 9, 2013
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal		Dec 12, 2013
D-MA	Elizabeth Warren		Dec 18, 2013
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		Mar 31, 2014
D-PA	Robert P. Casey Jr.		Apr 1, 2014
D-OR	Jeff Merkley		May 13, 2014

Actions 2

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Jun 7, 2013Introduced in Senate
Jun 7, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3739	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.	Related bill	Dec 12, 2013

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Jun 7, 2013Introduced in Senate

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