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HR 764 112th Congress House Emergency Management Dams and canals Disaster relief and insurance Floods and storm protection

Fair Treatment of Existing Levees Act of 2011

Introduced: February 17, 2011 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 4, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Feb 17, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Feb 17, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Treatment of Existing Levees Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from using the assumption that an existing levee or flood control structure does not exist to designate an area as having new flood hazards pursuant to issuance of, or any process to implement changes in, flood insurance maps used under the national flood insurance program under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, except in cases where no affected community objects to the Administrator's hazard modeling processes within 90 days of this Act's enactment and provided that prior to implementation of this provision the affected community notifies affected residents that the level of protection provided by such levee or flood control structure is under review.

What's happening now April 4, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.

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