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HR234Referred to Committee

HOV Lanes for Heroes Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-07
Introduced
4
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis
Republican · NY · Representative
Votes with party: 95.5% (665 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/M000317

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (4)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

4 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

Latest Action

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

2025-01-08

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureReferred To · 2025-01-07

Plain-English 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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Transportation and Public Works
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