Title: HOV Lanes for Heroes Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
HOV Lanes for Heroes Act
This bill provides authority for a public authority to allow a disabled veteran to use a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) facility if such veteran has a license plate that clearly identifies the vehicle, a registered transponder, or other method of qualifying identification.
The public authority may not charge a toll to the veteran for use of the HOV facility.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8435 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8435

    To allow certain veterans to use high occupancy vehicle lanes, 
                         including toll lanes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2020

    Mr. Rose of New York (for himself and Mr. Katko) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To allow certain veterans to use high occupancy vehicle lanes, 
                         including toll lanes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``HOV Lanes for Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. HOV FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 166(b) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(6) Disabled veterans.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The public authority may allow a 
                disabled veteran to use the HOV facility if such 
                veteran has a license plate that clearly identifies the 
                vehicle, a registered transponder, or other method of 
                identification the public authority considers necessary 
                for qualification.
                    ``(B) Definition of disabled veteran.--For purposes 
                of this paragraph, the term `disabled veteran' means a 
                veteran (as such term is defined in section 101 of 
                title 38) who the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has 
                determined has a service-connected (as such term is 
                defined in such section) disability rated at or above a 
                percentage determined to be qualifying by the public 
                authority.
                    ``(C) Occupancy exception.--Notwithstanding the 
                occupancy requirement of subsection (a)(2), 1 occupant 
                described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph may be 
                permitted to use a HOV facility.
                    ``(D) No charge for tolls.--Under this paragraph, a 
                public authority may charge no toll.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 166 of such title is further 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ``through (5)'' and 
        inserting ``through (6)''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ``paragraph (4) or 
        (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4), (5), or (6)''.
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