To provide for the development of a comprehensive coastal evacuation plan.

SA 622. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 605 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill H.R. 3, to
authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and
transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title I, add the following:

SEC.__. COMPREHENSIVE COASTAL EVACUATION PLAN.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation and the
Secretary of Homeland Security (referred to in this section
as the ``Secretaries'') shall jointly develop a written
comprehensive plan for evacuation of the coastal areas of the
United States during any natural or man-made disaster that
affects coastal populations.
(b) Consultation.--In developing the comprehensive plan,
the Secretaries shall consult with Federal, State, and local
transportation and emergency management officials that have
been involved with disaster related evacuations.
(c) Contents.--The comprehensive plan shall--
(1) consider, on a region-by-region basis, the extent to
which coastal areas may be affected by a disaster; and
(2) address, at a minimum--
(A) all practical modes of transportation available for
evacuations;
(B) methods of communicating evacuation plans and preparing
citizens in advance of evacuations;

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(C) methods of coordinating communication with evacuees
during plan execution;
(D) precise methods for mass evacuations caused by
disasters such as hurricanes, flash flooding, and tsunamis;
and
(E) recommended policies, strategies, programs, and
activities that could improve disaster-related evacuations.
(d) Report and Updates.--The Secretaries shall--
(1) not later than October 1, 2006, submit to Congress the
written comprehensive plan; and
(2) periodically thereafter, but not less often than every
5 years, update, and submit to Congress any revision to, the
plan.
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