[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3605 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3605

 To require the Secretary of Transportation to develop guidelines and 
   best practices for local evacuation route planning, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 17, 2024

  Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Schatz, and Ms. Hirono) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Transportation to develop guidelines and 
   best practices for local evacuation route planning, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Vehicle and Community 
Planning Act'' or the ``EVAC Planning Act''.

SEC. 2. EVACUATION ROUTE PLANNING.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Administrator of 
the Federal Highway Administration and the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, shall develop and publicly disseminate 
guidelines and best practices for States, territories, Indian Tribes, 
and units of local government to use when conducting transportation 
infrastructure planning to ensure necessary considerations for local 
evacuation route planning, including the routing of emergency response 
supplies, equipment, and workers, as part of natural disaster 
preparedness efforts.
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