US Congress House Bill 5994 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on June 1 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-06-04 - 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]

ESCAPE Act Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of America's Primary Evacuation Routes Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to 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. The bill defines "resilience project" to mean a project: (1) with the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions; and (2) designed and built to address current and future vulnerabilities to an evacuation route.

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

Rep. William Keating [D-MA]

Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-06-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2018-06-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
2018-06-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2018-06-01	House	Introduced in House

SB2951 (Same As) 2018-05-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5994/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5994/BILLS-115hr5994ih.pdf