3.0.0 2838 2022-11-01T05:32:22Z 2022-11-01T05:32:22Z House HR 2019-05-20 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 84 (Monday, May 20, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GARAMENDI:H.R. 2838.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H4010]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2019-05-21T14:05:20Z Referred to 2019-05-20T16:00:16Z America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 116 2302 S 2020-01-08 By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-200. Related bill CRS ESCAPE Act 116 1546 S 2019-05-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Identical bill CRS 2019-05-21 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Committee 2019-05-20 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2019-05-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E627) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-05-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000559 Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] John Garamendi D CA 3 N K000375 Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] William Keating D MA R. 9 2019-05-20 True R000616 Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] Harley Rouda D CA 48 2019-06-14 False L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2019-10-04 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2019-10-16 False L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2020-02-03 False H001090 Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10] Josh Harder D CA 10 2020-03-02 False Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Emergency planning and evacuation First responders and emergency personnel Floods and storm protection Infrastructure development Natural disasters Navigation, waterways, harbors Public transit Railroads Roads and highways Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-05-20 Introduced in House 2019-10-18T17:26:41Z Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation routes Act or the ESCAPE Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to (1) establish criteria for eligible entities to identify mass evacuation routes, (2) 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, and (3) provide grants to resilience projects that ensure the ability of the evacuation route to provide safe passage during a mass evacuation and reduce the risk of damage to evacuation routes as a result of future emergency events.

]]> ESCAPE Act Display Title ESCAPE Act Official Title as Introduced 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 House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced ESCAPE Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation routes Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2838ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2838ih.xml 2019-05-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. 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.