Sec. 440. GAO study on per-trip airport fees for TNC consumers
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of fees that airports assess against customers of transportation network companies. In carrying out the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall address— the methodology used by airports to set a fee for customers of TNCs; expenditures by airports of fees assessed against customers of TNCs; and a comparison of the fees imposed by airports on customers of TNCs and other comparable modes of for-hire transportation, such as taxi.
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the results of the study. In this section, the term transportation network company or TNC — means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that uses a digital network to connect riders to drivers affiliated with the entity in order for the driver to transport the rider using a vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the driver to a point chosen by the rider; and does not include a shared-expense carpool or vanpool arrangement that is not intended to generate profit for the driver.