Signed by President George W. Bush on August 10, 2005. This act states that: "The Secretary [of Transportation] and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with Gulf Coast States and contiguous States, shall jointly review and assess Federal and State evacuation plans for catastrophic hurricanes impacting the Gulf Coast Region and report its findings and recommendations to Congress. The Secretaries shall consult with appropriate Federal, State, and local transportation and emergency management agencies and consider, at a minimum, all practical modes of transportation available for evacuations; the extent to which evacuation plans are coordinated with neighboring States; methods of communicating evacuation plans and preparing citizens in advance of evacuations; and methods of coordinating communication with evacuees during plan execution. In response, the DHS initiated the Nationwide Plan review of 2005-2006. (DHS, Nationwide Plan Review Phase 1 Report. February 10, 2006, pp. 2-3)