3.0.0 1546 2022-11-01T05:32:22Z 2022-11-01T05:32:22Z Senate S 2019-05-20 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-20T20:57:28Z ESCAPE Act 116 2838 HR 2019-05-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Identical bill CRS 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 2019-05-20 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-05-20 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. 2019-05-20 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-02-11 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 Senate 2019-10-18T17:22:04Z 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 Short Title(s) as Introduced ESCAPE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation routes Act Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1546is/xml/BILLS-116s1546is.xml 2019-05-20 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.