A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program to improve evacuation routes in rural communities, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · June 4, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3219)
Bolstering Emergency routes to Save Americans From Extreme weather Act of 2019 or the BE SAFE Act of 2019
This bill directs the Federal Highway Administration to provide grants to certain governmental entities and planning organizations for transportation infrastructure projects in rural counties that connect small communities to broader thoroughfares and evacuation routes that are essential for supporting mass evacuations caused by emergency weather events.
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