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Eligibility
In order to participate in the Mass Transportation Benefit Program (MTBP), an applicant must meet the following two criteria:
- Be a civilian, military, or non-appropriated fund (NAF) employee who is paid and employed by the Department of Defense (DoD)
- Be permanently stationed and working in the National Capital Region (NCR). The NCR is defined as the District of Columbia; Montgomery, Prince George's, and Frederick Counties in Maryland; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties in Virginia
Eligible participants include:
- Interns paid directly by the DoD (interns hired through contractual agreements are not eligible). Eligible paid interns hired for the summer months MUST reflect their dates of employment on the web-based application. If a paper application is used, dates of employment must be listed on the second page and "summer hire" should be written at the top of the application. Unpaid interns are not eligible to receive transportation benefits
- Members of the Reserve Components who are performing active duty for more than 30 consecutive days. Reservists on active duty less than 30 days are eligible to receive transit benefits, but are not able to apply for those benefits through this program. Those individuals are required to apply through their local command. Please see Enclosure 4 of the DoD Instruction 1000.27 for the specific policy
Ineligible participants include:
- Contractors
- Personnel with a federally subsidized parking permit
- Personnel that are on Temporary Duty (TDY) to the NCR from another area
- Personnel that are on detail to the NCR from an area outside the NCR
- Inactive reserve personnel
- Unpaid interns
- Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) employees (unless appointed to DoD). For more information, please see IPA Eligibility
- Foreign Exchange employees
- DoD Employees working outside the NCR (i.e. Fort Meade). Employees working outside the NCR must apply through their Component's MTBP
