Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60

§2815 Authority to Use Passenger Carriers for Contractor Commuting

Title 50 › Chapter 42— ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter VIII— ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS › Part C— Facilities Management › § 2815

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator may run or allow use of passenger carriers (like buses, vans, trains, boats, planes, or similar vehicles) to move contractor employees between their covered facility and a mass transit stop when doing so helps the Administration carry out its mission under section 2401. Managers who run covered facilities (Management and Operating contractors) may, if they want, send a plan through their contracting officer to offer these transportation services. The Administrator will review those plans and can approve them if they show how the service helps the mission, is economical and helpful to the federal government, lists the benefits and how costs will be tracked, and explains how it will cut traffic, shorten commutes, and help hire and keep workers. Plans can cover parking, road work, buying property, the transport service itself, or commuter cost-deferral payments. The Administrator can let the Senior Procurement Executive approve plans and may reimburse contractors from Administration funds. The program should use alternative-fuel vehicles when practical, must support the mission, and travel time on these rides does not count as work hours for contractor employees. Definitions: contractor employee — an employee of a Management and Operating contractor or any subcontractor; covered facility — an Administration facility that supports the mission under section 2401; Management and Operating contractor — the contractor that runs a covered facility; passenger carrier — a motor vehicle, aircraft, boat, train, or similar transport owned, leased, or provided by the Federal Government or its contractors.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §2815

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(a)If and to the extent that the Administrator deems it appropriate to further mission activities under section 2401 of this title, a passenger carrier may be used to provide transportation services to contractor employees between the covered facility of the contractor employee and a mass transit facility in accordance with any applicable transportation plan adopted by the Administrator pursuant to this section.

(b)(1)The Administrator—

(A)shall—

(i)provide Management and Operating contractors at covered facilities the opportunity to, on a voluntary basis, submit, through the cognizant contracting officer of the applicable covered facility, a plan to provide transportation services described in subsection (a) for contractor employees at the covered facility; and

(ii)review each such plan submitted in accordance with clause (i); and

(B)may approve each such plan if the requirements described in clauses (i) through (iv) of paragraph (2)(B) are satisfied.

(2)Each plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (1)(A)—

(A)may include proposals for parking facilities, road improvements, real property acquisition, passenger carrier services, and commuting cost deferment payments to contractor employees; and

(B)shall include—

(i)a description of how the use of passenger carriers will facilitate the mission of the covered facility;

(ii)a description of how the plan will be economical and advantageous to the Federal Government;

(iii)a summary of the benefits that will be provided under the plan and how costs will be monitored; and

(iv)a description of how the plan will alleviate traffic congestion, reduce commuting times, and improve recruitment and retention of contractor employees.

(3)The Administrator may delegate to the Senior Procurement Executive of the Administration the approval of any plan submitted under this subsection.

(c)The Administration may reimburse a contractor for the costs of transportation services incurred pursuant to a plan approved under subsection (b) using funds appropriated to the Administration.

(d)In carrying out a plan approved under subsection (b), the Administrator, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with sound budget policy, shall—

(1)require the use 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “of”. alternative fuel vehicles to provide transportation services;

(2)ensure funds spent for this plan further the mission activities of the Administration under section 2401 of this title; and

(3)ensure that the time during which a contractor employee uses transportation services shall not be included for purposes of calculating the hours of work for such contractor employee.

(e)In this section:

(1)The term “contractor employee” means an employee of a Management and Operating contractor or subcontractor employee at any tier.

(2)The term “covered facility” means any facility of the Administration that directly supports the mission of the Administration under section 2401 of this title.

(3)The term “Management and Operating contractor” means a management and operating contractor that manages a covered facility.

(4)The term “passenger carrier” means a passenger motor vehicle, aircraft, boat, ship, train, or other similar means of transportation that is owned, leased, or provided pursuant to contract or subcontract by the Federal Government or through a contractor of the Administration.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 2815

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60