Introduced in House

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 234 Introduced in House (IH)] 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 234 To allow certain veterans to use high occupancy vehicle lanes, including toll lanes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 7, 2025 Ms. Malliotakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ 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.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``HOV Lanes for Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. HOV FACILITIES.

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: ``(7) 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 (7)''; and (2) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ``paragraph (4) or (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4), (5), (6), or (7)''.