ESCAPE Act

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 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.

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Timeline

1. 24 May 2018

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 24 May 2018

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 24 May 2018 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 May 2018

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 May 2018

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Edward Markey · D · Sponsor
• Elizabeth Warren · D · Sponsor
• · sscm00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Strengthening the Cooperative Observer Program Act of 2018
• related to ← ESCAPE Act