Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “HOV Lanes for Heroes Act ”.
HOV Lanes for Heroes Act
A BILL
To allow certain veterans to use high occupancy vehicle lanes, including toll lanes.
Sec. 2 HOV facilities
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.”
Conforming amendments— Section 166 of such title is further amended—
in subsection (b)(1) by striking “through (5)” and inserting “through (6)”; and
in subsection (d)(1) by striking “paragraph (4) or (5)” and inserting “paragraph (4), (5), or (6)”.