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ESCAPE Act

Introduced: May 20, 2019 Introduced by: Garamendi, John Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
May 21, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
May 20, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 20, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E627)
May 20, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now May 21, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2302 Related bill America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019
  • S 1546 Identical bill ESCAPE Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Harder, Josh
California · Mar 2, 2020
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 16, 2019
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · May 20, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2838: ESCAPE Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2838/
MLA
"H.R. 2838: ESCAPE Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2838/.
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H.R. 2838, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2838/.
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[H.R. 2838: ESCAPE Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2838/)
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