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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2475
To allow certain veterans to use high occupancy vehicle lanes, including
toll lanes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 13, 2021
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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘HOV Lanes for Heroes
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. HOV FACILITIES.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 166(b) of title 23, United
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States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(6) DISABLED VETERANS.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The public authority
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may allow a disabled veteran to use the HOV
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facility if such veteran has a license plate that
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clearly identifies the vehicle, a registered trans-
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ponder, or other method of identification the
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public authority considers necessary for quali-
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fication.
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‘‘(B) DEFINITION
OF
DISABLED
VET-
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ERAN.—For purposes of this paragraph, the
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term ‘disabled veteran’ means a veteran (as
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such term is defined in section 101 of title 38)
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who the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has de-
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termined has a service-connected (as such term
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is defined in such section) disability rated at or
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above a percentage determined to be qualifying
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by the public authority.
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‘‘(C) OCCUPANCY
EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
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standing the occupancy requirement of sub-
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section (a)(2), 1 occupant described in subpara-
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graph (B) of this paragraph may be permitted
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to use a HOV facility.
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‘‘(D) NO CHARGE FOR TOLLS.—Under this
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paragraph, a public authority may charge no
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toll.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 166 of
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such title is further amended—
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(1) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘through
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(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘through (6)’’; and
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(2) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘paragraph
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(4) or (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4), (5), or
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(6)’’.
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