To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to high occupancy vehicle lanes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Amends the Federal Aid Highways program to require a State agency that has jurisdiction over the operation of a HOV facility to establish the occupancy requirements of vehicles operating on the facility.
Requires such agency to permit motorcycles and bicycles to use the HOV facility.
Permits a State agency to restrict use of the HOV facility by motorcycles or bicycles (or both) if it certifies to the Secretary of Transportation that such use would create a safety hazard.
Prescribes guidelines under which a State agency may permit use of an HOV facility by: (1) public transportation vehicles and high occupancy toll vehicles; and (2) inherently low-emission vehicles and other low emission and energy-efficient vehicles.
Permits tolls to be charged on a HOV facility on the Interstate System.
Requires a State agency that allows low-emission and energy-efficient vehicles to use a HOV facility to certify to the Secretary that it will establish: (1) a continuous monitoring, assessment, and reporting program regarding the impacts such vehicles may have on the operation of the facility and adjacent highways; and (2) an enforcement program that ensures the facility is operated in accordance with this Act.
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection to issue a final rule establishing certification requirements for low emission and energy-efficient vehicles.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5417: To amend title 23, United States Code, relating to high occupancy vehicle lanes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-5417/
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