Bicycle Commuter Act of 2023
Latest action · May 18, 2023 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.
- IntroducedMay 18, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bicycle Commuter Act of 2023
This bill reinstates and expands the tax exclusion for employer-provided fringe benefits for bicycle commuting. It allows employees a bicycle commuting benefit equal to 30% of parking fringe benefits.
The bill repeals the suspension period (2018-2025) applicable to such tax exclusion and revises definitions applicable to bicycle commuting benefits to make electric bicycles and certain scooters eligible for the tax exclusion.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 18, 2023 to Nov 8, 2024; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | May 18, 2023 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | May 22, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Jun 16, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jul 6, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Oct 30, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Nov 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Feb 1, 2024 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Aug 27, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Aug 27, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Aug 27, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Aug 27, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Aug 27, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 6, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Sep 6, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Sep 6, 2024 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 6, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Nov 8, 2024 |
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 May 18, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 18, 2023Introduced in House
- May 18, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E466)
- May 18, 2023Referred 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. 169, no. 84, May 18, 2023, page H2457.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1724 | Bicycle Commuter Act of 2023 | Identical bill | May 18, 2023 |
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 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 18, 2023Introduced 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.
