S. 1546 116th Congress Senate

ESCAPE Act

Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program for projects to strengthen and protect vulnerable infrastructure used during mass evacuations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 20, 2019 Introduced by: Edward J. Markey Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov

Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airportsEmergency planning and evacuationFirst responders and emergency personnelFloods and storm protection

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Infrastructure developmentNatural disastersNavigation, waterways, harborsPublic transitRailroadsRoads and highwaysTransportation programs fundingTransportation safety and security

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May 20, 2019

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

May 20, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action May 20, 2019

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

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.

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