[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2901 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2901

To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a pilot program 
  to improve the integration of real-time wildfire hazard alerts with 
  State and local transportation closure information systems, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025

  Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a pilot program 
  to improve the integration of real-time wildfire hazard alerts with 
  State and local transportation closure information systems, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safer Emergency and Evacuation 
Routes Response Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation (referred to in 
this section as the ``Secretary''), in coordination with the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and the Chief of the Forest Service, shall establish a voluntary pilot 
program (referred to in this section as the ``pilot program'') to 
improve the integration of real-time wildfire hazard alerts with State 
and local transportation closure information systems.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the pilot program shall be to assist 
participating States in automatically relaying information on roadway 
closures, detours, and evacuation routes to drivers during wildfire 
events by linking existing National Weather Service hazard alert 
products with State and local traffic management and traveler 
information systems.
    (c) Scope.--
            (1) Voluntary.--Participation in the pilot program shall be 
        voluntary.
            (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section grants 
        the Secretary or the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
        Atmospheric Administration any authority to make or direct 
        roadway closure decisions.
            (3) Requirements.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
        pilot program--
                    (A) uses existing data standards and formats to the 
                maximum extent practicable;
                    (B) does not require States to adopt uniform 
                systems or centralized infrastructure; and
                    (C) allows participating States flexibility to 
                tailor integration to their existing traffic management 
                systems.
    (d) Funding.--The Secretary may carry out the pilot program using 
amounts otherwise available for surface transportation research and 
development under section 503(b) of title 23, United States Code.
    (e) Evaluation.--Not later than 2 years after implementation of the 
pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a 
report evaluating the pilot program and the effectiveness of the pilot 
program in improving the timeliness and accuracy of wildfire-related 
driver notifications.
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