Commuter Parity Act of 2015
Latest action · Feb 13, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Commuter Parity Act of 2015
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, of certain transportation benefits provided by an employer to an employee, including cash reimbursements for such benefits, to allow a monthly exclusion amount of: (1) $235 for transportation in a commuter highway vehicle from home to work and any transit pass, (2) $235 for qualified parking, and (3) $35 for qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement. Allows an annual cost-of-living adjustment to such exclusion amounts after 2016.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2015 to Dec 15, 2015; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Feb 13, 2015 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 13, 2015 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 13, 2015 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Original | Feb 13, 2015 |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Original | Feb 13, 2015 |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Original | Feb 13, 2015 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Feb 13, 2015 |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Feb 26, 2015 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Mar 17, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 23, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 23, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Mar 23, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Mar 24, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Mar 26, 2015 | |
| R-VA | Barbara Comstock | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 15, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Jun 23, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 7, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Sep 29, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Nov 3, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Nov 3, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Nov 5, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Dec 9, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Dec 15, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 13, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 25, February 13, 2015, page H1071.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the exclusion for transportation benefits.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Commuter Parity Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
