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HR 777 111th Congress House Emergency Management Disaster relief and insurance Income tax credits Natural disasters

To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from updating flood maps until the Administrator submits to Congress a community outreach plan, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 28, 2009 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Jan 28, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 28, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 28, 2009
Referred to House Financial Services
Jan 28, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from updating a floodplain area or flood-risk zone under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 until the Administrator submits a community outreach plan to Congress.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a credit equal to the premium paid by the taxpayer for flood insurance covering any residential property which is a qualified flood risk property, subject to an income-based limitation. Defines "qualified flood risk property" as a residential property: (1) that is located in a floodplain area or flood-risk zone depicted on a flood insurance rate map revised and updated pursuant to such Act; (2) that was outside of any floodplain area or flood-risk zone prior to such revision; and (3) that the taxpayer owned on the date such map became effective or the purchase or construction of which by the taxpayer was subject to a binding written contract on such date.

Makes this Act applicable to any flood insurance rate map that becomes effective pursuant to such Act. Provides that if a refund or credit of any overpayment resulting from this Act is prevented at any time before one year after enactment of this Act, such refund or credit may occur if the claim is filed before the close of that period.

Amends such Act to require the community rating system program to provide grants to communities for projects to improve the rating of communities under the program.

What's happening now January 28, 2009

Referred to House Ways and Means

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 777: To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from updating flood maps until the Administrator submits to Congress a community outreach plan, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-777/
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"H.R. 777: To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from updating flood maps until the Administrator submits to Congress a community outreach plan, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-777/.
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H.R. 777, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-777/.
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[H.R. 777: To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from updating flood maps until the Administrator submits to Congress a community outreach plan, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-777/)
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