HOV Lanes for Heroes Act

Section 166(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following:

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.

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.

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.

Under this paragraph, a public authority may charge no toll.

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).