3.0.0 1709 2022-11-01T06:32:27Z 2022-11-01T06:32:27Z Senate S 2019-06-04 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-04T20:08:51Z 2019-06-04 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3219) IntroReferral 2019-06-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL N K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2019-06-04 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2019-06-04 True Transportation and Public Works Atmospheric science and weather Emergency planning and evacuation Natural disasters Roads and highways Rural conditions and development Transportation programs funding Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-06-04 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-18T17:45:06Z Bolstering Emergency routes to Save Americans From Extreme weather Act of 2019 or the BE SAFE Act of 2019

This bill directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants to certain governmental entities and planning organizations for transportation infrastructure projects in rural counties that connect small communities to broader thoroughfares and evacuation routes that are essential for supporting mass evacuations caused by emergency weather events.

]]> BE SAFE Act of 2019 Display Title BE SAFE Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced BE SAFE Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Bolstering Emergency routes to Save Americans From Extreme weather Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program to improve evacuation routes in rural communities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1709is/xml/BILLS-116s1709is.xml 2019-06-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3219) 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.