US HB2838 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Introduced on May 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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.

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Title

ESCAPE Act Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation routes Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-05-21HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2019-05-20HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2019-05-20HouseSponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E627)
2019-05-20HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB1546 (Same As) 2019-05-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
SB2302 (Related) 2020-01-08 - By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 116-200.

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