Workers can withdraw unused transit benefit account money.
S. 4928 — COVID–19 Commuter Benefits Distribution Act · Filed by Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill lets workers withdraw unused money from transit benefit accounts. They can take out up to the highest balance from March 2020 to December 2023. Workers have six months after the law passes to withdraw. The withdrawn money counts as income they must pay taxes on.
Who it affects
Workers with unused money in transit benefit accounts are affected. Employers who run these accounts must handle the withdrawals.
One thing to notice
Workers who already spent their transit money get no help. Only workers with money left in the account can withdraw it.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Finance · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- transit benefit accounts — Money set aside by employers to pay for employee transit passes and parking.
- withdrawn money — Cash a worker takes out of an account.
- counts as income — Money the government taxes as earnings.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,868 characters) on Sep 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,975 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-25.
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