Small Business Transportation Investment Act of 2025
The Small Business Transportation Investment Act of 2025 would create a 3-year pilot program run by the General Services Administration (GSA) to sell motor vehicles to certain small businesses that provide ground transportation (like taxis, limousines, shuttles, paratransit, and non-emergency medical transport). Eligible “covered small businesses” could buy vehicles through the GSA’s Federal Supply Schedules at cost and from the same pool used for certain eligible government and tribal entities. Each covered small business could purchase up to 50 vehicles per fiscal year. Buyers must commit to using the vehicles for at least two years, repay the difference if they sell a vehicle early, and donate at least one out of every five vehicles after they are no longer used for transportation. The bill requires annual reports and a final evaluation, allows rulemaking, and sunsets the program after three years.
Key Points
- 1Establishes a GSA-administered pilot program to sell vehicles to “covered small businesses” that provide ground transportation services.
- 2Access is at cost and from the same selection pool as eligible entities under specified statutes (40 U.S.C. 502; Indian Self-Determination Act; Tribally Controlled Schools Act; Public Health Service Act section 319).
- 3Purchase limit: no more than 50 vehicles per covered small business per fiscal year.
- 4Purchase terms: vehicles must be used to provide ground transportation for at least two years; if sold before the two-year period ends, the seller must reimburse the difference between the open-market value and the price paid to the Administrator.
- 5Donation requirement: at least 1 of every 5 vehicles must be donated to a local nonprofit after it is no longer used for transportation.
- 6Reporting and evaluation: annual reports on participation, cost savings, and environmental impacts; a final report at the end of the pilot assessing effectiveness and future options.
- 7Rulemaking: the Administrator may issue rules to implement the section.
- 8Sunset: the pilot expires three years after enactment.
- 9Definitions: clarifies who is a “covered small business,” what constitutes “ground transportation service,” and related terms.