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ESCAPE Act

Introduced: February 18, 2021 Introduced by: Keating, William R. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Feb 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced in House
Feb 18, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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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 (DOT) to provide assistance for projects that strengthen and protect mass evacuation routes.

Specifically, DOT must (1) establish criteria for states, tribal and local governments, and other 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 February 19, 2021

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

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Garamendi, John
California · Feb 18, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1142: ESCAPE Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1142/
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"H.R. 1142: ESCAPE Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1142/.
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H.R. 1142, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1142/.
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[H.R. 1142: ESCAPE Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1142/)
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