Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act of 1999
Official title: To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reduce losses to properties for which repetitive flood insurance claim payments have been made.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Increases amounts credited to the National Flood Mitigation Fund from the National Flood Insurance Fund, such amounts to be used only for repetitive claim properties.
Extends through FY 2004 the authority to enter into flood insurance contracts and the authorization of appropriations for the national flood insurance program.
Provides chargeable national flood insurance premium rates for: (1) repetitive claim properties; and (2) certain coastal and river properties leased from the Government. Authorizes annual premium increases with respect to such properties.
Amends the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 to prohibit Federal disaster relief assistance from being used for repair, replacement, or restoration of any property in the area for which: (1) repetitive claim payments have been made; and (2) Federal mitigation assistance has been offered to, but refused by, the property owner.
Authorizes the Director to provide for funding for mitigation actions that reduce flood damages to repetitive claim properties, under certain conditions. Provides funding for such assistance from the National Flood Insurance Fund.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2728: Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2728/
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