House Bill 2838
116th Congress(2019-2020)
ESCAPE Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on May 20, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2838
Congress
116
Policy Area
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation and Public Works
Primary focus of measure is all aspects of transportation modes and conveyances, including funding and safety matters; Coast Guard; infrastructure development; travel and tourism. Measures concerning water resources and navigation projects may fall under Water Resources Development policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
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.
May 20, 2019
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05/21/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
05/20/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
05/20/2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E627)
05/20/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 5:32:22 AM