3.0.0 2951 2023-01-11T13:42:27Z 2023-01-11T13:42:27Z Senate S 2018-05-24 115 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-24T16:04:57Z ESCAPE Act 115 5994 HR 2018-06-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Identical bill CRS Strengthening the Cooperative Observer Program Act of 2018 115 2941 S 2018-11-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644. Identical bill CRS 2018-05-24 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2018-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-05-24 True Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 00 2018-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2018-12-17T21:12:14Z Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation Routes Act or the ESCAPE Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a competitive grant program to provide grants for resilience projects that strengthen and protect evacuation routes that are essential for providing and supporting mass evacuations caused by emergency events. The bill defines "resilience project" to mean a project: (1) with the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions; and (2) designed and built to address current and future vulnerabilities to an evacuation route.

]]> ESCAPE Act Display Title ESCAPE Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program for projects to strengthen and protect vulnerable infrastructure used during mass evacuations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced ESCAPE Act Short Titles as Introduced Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation Routes Act Introduced in Senate 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2951is/xml/BILLS-115s2951is.xml 2018-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.