To direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive the repayment of any Federal-aid highway funds expended on the construction of any high occupancy lanes on the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in the Hampton Roads area of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to allow the commonwealth of Virginia to remove the high occupancy vehicle designation for one or more of Interstate Routes I-64, I-264, and I-564 in the Hampton Roads area. Requires the Secretary to waive the repayment of federal highway funds expended by the commonwealth of Virginia on the construction of any high occupancy lane or auxiliary lane on such routes due to the removal of the high occupancy designation on such lane.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1782 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1782

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive the repayment of any 
  Federal-aid highway funds expended on the construction of any high 
    occupancy lanes on the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of 
   Interstate and Defense Highways in the Hampton Roads area of the 
                       Commonwealth of Virginia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2007

  Mrs. Drake introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive the repayment of any 
  Federal-aid highway funds expended on the construction of any high 
    occupancy lanes on the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of 
   Interstate and Defense Highways in the Hampton Roads area of the 
                       Commonwealth of Virginia.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF HOV DESIGNATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall allow the Commonwealth of Virginia to 
remove the high occupancy vehicle designation for one or more of 
Interstate Routes I-64, I-264, and I-564 in the Hampton Roads area.
    (b) Treatment.--The elimination of the high occupancy vehicle 
designation for any of Interstate Routes I-64, I-264, and I-564 in the 
Hampton Roads area under subsection (a) shall not be treated as a 
violation of the project agreements for the design and construction of 
such high occupancy vehicle lanes.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF REPAYMENT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall waive any requirement that the Commonwealth of 
Virginia repay any Federal-aid highway funds expended on the 
construction of any high occupancy lane or auxiliary lane on any of 
Interstate Routes I-64, I-264, and I-564 in the Hampton Roads area due 
to the removal of the high occupancy vehicle designation on such lane 
under section 1.
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