[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7548 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7548
To direct the Administrator of General Services to establish a program
to sell surplus Government motor vehicles to certain small businesses
that provide ground transportation service, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2024
Mrs. Miller of West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability
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A BILL
To direct the Administrator of General Services to establish a program
to sell surplus Government motor vehicles to certain small businesses
that provide ground transportation service, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Transportation
Investment Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO SELL SURPLUS GOVERNMENT MOTOR VEHICLES TO SMALL
BUSINESSES THAT PROVIDE GROUND TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.
(a) Establishment of Program.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General
Services shall establish a program that offers for purchase one half of
the annual inventory of motor vehicles that are surplus property from
the Federal fleet to a covered small business before offering for
purchase to any other buyer.
(b) Price.--The Administrator shall sell any such motor vehicle to
a covered small business for the price that is the lower of the
following at the time of sale:
(1) At cost, after deducting any cost of administering the
program and taking into consideration the depreciation of the
motor vehicle.
(2) Open market value.
(c) Type of Motor Vehicle Offered.--The Administrator shall offer
for purchase to a covered small business the motor vehicles that are
the largest and most recent fuel-efficient models of the motor vehicles
that are surplus property.
(d) Terms of Purchase.--
(1) Operator agreement.--To participate in the program
established under subsection (a), the operator of a covered
small business shall agree to the following terms:
(A) The operator shall use each motor vehicle that
is purchased through the program to provide ground
transportation service.
(B) The operator shall continue to use any such
motor vehicle to provide ground transportation service
for not less than two years after the purchase of the
motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle becomes unable
to operate during that period.
(C) If the operator sells any such motor vehicle
before the end of the two-year period, the operator
shall reimburse the Administrator in the amount that is
the difference between the open market value of the
motor vehicle and the amount that the operator paid to
the Administrator for the motor vehicle.
(D) The operator shall donate not less than one out
of every five of such motor vehicles to a local
nonprofit organization after the motor vehicle is no
longer used to provide ground transportation service.
(2) Maximum number of vehicles that may be purchased
annually.--An operator may not purchase through the program
established under subsection (a) more than 50 vehicles in any
fiscal year.
(e) Exemption From Certain Property Disposal Requirements.--The
program established under subsection (a) shall not be subject to--
(1) subchapter IV of chapter 5, title 40, United States
Code;
(2) sections 545, 549, and 553 of title 40, United States
Code;
(3) any other provision of law authorizing the no-cost
conveyance of motor vehicles owned by the Federal Government;
or
(4) any congressional notification requirement other than
that in subsection (f) of this Act.
(f) Report and Recommendations.--Not later than 5 years after the
date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit
to Congress a report that contains the following:
(1) A review of the program established under subsection
(a).
(2) A recommendation to continue or end the program.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of General Services.
(2) Covered small business.--The term ``covered small
business'' means a small business that provides ground
transportation service.
(3) Ground transportation service.--The term ``ground
transportation service''--
(A) means transportation for a passenger that is
provided--
(i) for compensation; and
(ii) in a motor vehicle, including a
taxicab, shuttle, over-the-road bus, or
limousine; and
(B) includes paratransit transportation and non-
emergency medical transportation.
(4) Non-emergency medical transportation.--The term ``non-
emergency medical transportation'' means the provision of
transportation services for individuals who require assistance
in traveling to and from medical appointments, treatments, or
healthcare facilities, but do not require immediate emergency
medical intervention.
(5) Nonprofit organization.--The term ``nonprofit
organization'' means an organization described in section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from
tax under section 501(a) of such code.
(6) Over-the-road bus.--The term ``over-the-road bus'' has
the meaning given that term in section 13102 of title 49,
United States Code.
(7) Small business.--The term ``small business'' has the
meaning given the term ``small business concern'' in section 3
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
(8) Surplus property.--The term ``surplus property'' has
the meaning given that term in section 102 of title 40, United
States Code.
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