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Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009 [S.322]
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Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $230, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2009, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits. Extends such benefits to federal employees.
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Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2009 [S.2775]
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Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2009 - Grants state, county, and municipal governments, as well as multi-jurisdictional transportation authorities that operate or manage roads, bridges, railroads, buses, ferries, or other transportation systems, rulemaking authority to establish toll, user fee, or fare discount programs for their local residents or commuters.
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Private Investment in Commuter Vanpooling Act of 2009 [S.1795]
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Private Investment in Commuter Vanpooling Act of 2009 - Allows the local matching share provided by a public transportation capital project assistance recipient to include expenditures by a private commuter vanpooling service provider to acquire rolling stock (vans). Authorizes such a private provider to use vanpool revenues exceeding operating costs to acquire such vans, if there is a binding agreement requiring the vans to be used in the state or local government's service area.
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Job Access and Reverse Commute Program Improvements Act of 2009 [S.176]
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Job Access and Reverse Commute Program Improvements Act of 2009 - Revises the job access and reverse commute (JARC) program to authorize a state to accept a single combined application for a project funded from at least two of the following programs that provide individuals with transportation to and from a job: (1) the JARC program; (2) the elderly and disabled specialized transit program; (3) the new freedom program (for disabled workers); and (4) any other program the Secretary deems appropriate. Makes eligible for JARC formula grant funding
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Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 [S.1291]
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Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for the cost of teleworking equipment used by employees to telework and for expenses to maintain such equipment. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to the lesser of $500 for each teleworking employee or $50,000.
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Transportation Flexible Savings Accounts Act of 2009 [HB-971]
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Transportation Flexible Savings Accounts Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain employer-provided transportation benefits (i.e., commuting and parking costs, transit passes) under tax-qualified flexible spending arrangements.
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Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009 [HB-891]
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Commuter Benefits Equity Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to equalize and increase to $230, with a cost-of-living adjustment after 2009, the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits. Extends such benefits to federal employees.
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees to receive transportation fringe benefits for the same month both in the form of transit passes and reimbursement of bicycle commuting expenses. [HB-863]
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow employees to receive transit passes and reimbursements of bicycle commuting expenses as tax-exempt employer-provided fringe benefits in the same month; and (2) exempt reimbursements of bicycle commuting expenses from inclusion in gross income as constructively received.
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Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 [HB-5900]
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Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010 - Title I: Airport and Airway Extension - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through September 30, 2010: (1) excise taxes on aviation fuels and air transportation of persons and property (ticket taxes); and (2) the expenditure authority for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. (Sec. 103) Extends through September 30, 2010, project grant authority for the airport improvement program (AIP). (Sec. 104) Extends through September 30, 2010, various airport development
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat carsharing and ridesharing reimbursement arrangements as qualified transportation fringe benefits. [HB-5129]
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include qualified carsharing and ridesharing reimbursement as a qualified transportation fringe benefit for purposes of the tax exclusion for such benefits.
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CARS Act of 2010 [HB-4964]
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Commuter Aid and Relief for Suburbs Act of 2010 or the CARS Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction for a specified percentage of their qualified commuting expenses. Defines "qualified commuting expenses" as reasonable expenses paid or incurred for transportation (including public transportation and associated parking fees) between an individual's residence and place of employment.
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Telework Tax Incentive Act [HB-4348]
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Telework Tax Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer or an employee a tax credit, up to $1,000 per year, for teleworking expenses incurred by or on behalf of a teleworking employee under an arrangement whereby such employee teleworks not less than 75 days per year.
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Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2010 [HB-3960]
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Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act of 2010 - Grants a public authority the authority to carry out a program that offers discounts in transportation tolls to individuals who are residents of, or regular commuters to, a U.S. locality on an island, peninsula, or other area where transportation access is substantially constrained by geography and subject to a transportation toll to access or depart the locality (captive tollpayers). Declares that nothing in this Act may be construed to: (1) limit any other authority of a public authority, including
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Rural and Small Town Telework Tax Credit Act of 2009 [HB-3627]
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Rural and Small Town Telework Tax Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a tax credit for the cost of installing and maintaining qualified teleworking equipment (i.e., electronic and communications equipment used to eliminate the commute to and from traditional worksites). Limits the amount of such credit to the lesser of $1,000 for each teleworking employee or $50,000.
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Commute LESS Act of 2009 [HB-3517]
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Commute LESS Act of 2009 or the Commute-Leveraging Employer Support and Successes Act of 2009 - Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) to revise the composition of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to include at least one representative designated by an employer advisory council established by this Act. Revises contents of MPO transportation plans prepared for metropolitan planning areas to include proposed activities and strategies to provide outreach to employers in
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Rural Commuters Relief Act of 2009 [HB-3432]
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Rural Commuters Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who reside in a rural area of not more than 30,000 people a tax deduction for up to $100 of commuting costs in any month in which the cost of gasoline is at least $3 per gallon (high gasoline price month). Allows an increased deduction amount for carpooling expenses during a high gasoline price month. Allows individual taxpayers to claim such deduction whether or not they itemize their other deductions.
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Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009 [HB-3371]
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Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the FAA Task Force on Air Carrier Safety and Pilot Training to evaluate and report to specified congressional committees on best practices in the air carrier industry. (Sec. 4) Directs the FAA Administrator to conduct a rulemaking proceeding to require air carriers to: (1) provide flight crewmembers with ground training and flight training or flight simulator training to recognize and avoid or
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Green Routes to Work Act [HB-3271]
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Green Routes to Work Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) equalize and increase to $230 the tax exclusion for both transportation and parking fringe benefits; (2) make the increased transportation fringe benefit available to federal employees; (3) make self-employed individuals eligible for transit pass fringe benefits; (4) include employer-established parking cash-out programs as a qualified transportation fringe benefit; (5) allow a general business tax credit for 10% of the cost of a commuter van , with a seating capacity of between
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Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 [HB-2826]
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Family Work Flexibility Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for the cost of teleworking equipment used by employees to telework and for expenses to maintain such equipment. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to the lesser of $500 for each teleworking employee or $50,000.
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Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act of 2009 [HB-2600]
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Telecommuters Tax Fairness Act of 2009 - Prohibits a state from imposing an income tax on the compensation of a nonresident individual for any period in which such individual is not physically present in or working in such state or from deeming such nonresident individual to be present in or working in such state on the grounds that: (1) such individual is present at or working at home for convenience; or (2) such individual's work at home fails any convenience of the employer test or any similar test.