United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2838 (116th)
ESCAPE Act
Introduced
20 May 2019
Last action
21 May 2019 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Sponsors
Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8], Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9], Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48], Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1], Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
Subjects
Transport
Source updated
5 December 2025
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.
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Timeline
20 May 2019
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Source: IntroReferral
20 May 2019
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E627)
Source: IntroReferral
20 May 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
20 May 2019
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 May 2019
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 20 May 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] · D · Cosponsor
- · hspw00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → ESCAPE Act
- related to ← America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2838
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2838
- us · 116-hr-2838 · source updated 5 December 2025