Pub. L. 109-115, div. A, tit. I, sec. 187

Sec. 187. (a) In addition to amounts available to carry out section 10204 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59) as of the date of enactment of this Act, of the amounts made available by section 112 of this Act, $1,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Homeland Security to jointly—(1) complete the review and assessment of catastrophic hurricane evacuation plans under that section; and (2) submit to Congress, not later than June 1, 2006, the report described in subsection (d) of that section. (b) Section 10204 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59) is amended—119 STAT. 2432 (1) in subsection (a)—(A) by inserting after “evacuation plans” the following: “(including the costs of the plans)”; and (B) by inserting “and other catastrophic events” before “impacting”; (2) in subsection (b), by striking “and local” and inserting “parish, county, and municipal”; and (3) in subsection (c)—(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “safe and” before “practical”; (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after “States” the following: “and adjoining jurisdictions”; (C) in paragraph (3), by striking “and” after the semicolon at the end; (D) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (E) by adding at the end the following: “(5) the availability of food, water, restrooms, fueling stations, and shelter opportunities along the evacuation routes; “(6) the time required to evacuate under the plan; and “(7) the physical and mental strains associated with the evacuation.”.