Bicycle Commuter Act of 2021
Latest action · Jan 21, 2021 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.
- IntroducedJan 21, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bicycle Commuter Act of 2021
This bill modifies provisions relating to the tax exclusion for employer-provided fringe benefits for bicycle commuting. Specifically, the bill (1) repeals the suspension (for the period between 2018 and the end of 2025) of the exclusion, (2) includes bikeshare (a bicycle rental operation providing for pick up and drop off) and low-speed electric bicycle within the definition of bicycle for purposes of the exclusion, and (3) modifies the limitation on the exclusion to provide for a specified monthly limitation amount (i.e., 30% of the parking fringe benefit amount).
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 21, 2021 to Dec 7, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Jan 21, 2021 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jan 25, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 28, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Feb 8, 2021 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Feb 8, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 18, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 10, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Mar 17, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jul 28, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Sep 10, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Aug 2, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 20, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Nov 22, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Nov 22, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Nov 22, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Dec 2, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Dec 7, 2022 |
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 Jan 21, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 21, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 21, 2021Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E54-55)
- Jan 21, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 21, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E54 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | Jan 21, 2021 |
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. 167, no. 12, January 21, 2021, page H224.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 848 | GREEN Act of 2021 | Related bill | Feb 4, 2021 |
| HR 1507 | Bicycle Commuter Act of 2019 | Reintroduction of | Mar 5, 2019 |
| S 1892 | Bicycle Commuter Act of 2021 | Identical bill | May 27, 2021 |
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 employer-provided fringe benefits for bicycle commuting.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Bicycle Commuter Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2021Introduced 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.
