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HR 764 112th Congress House

Fair Treatment of Existing Levees Act of 2011

Official title: To ensure fair treatment of existing levees and flood control structures under the national flood insurance program.

Introduced: March 15, 2011 See on congress.gov
Emergency Management Dams and canalsDisaster relief and insuranceFloods and storm protection
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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
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 Latest action April 4, 2011

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

 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.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Republican 1
Granger, Kay
· May 3, 2011
Hultgren, Randy
· May 3, 2011
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Mar 15, 2011
EMERSON, JO
· Mar 10, 2011
Jenkins, Lynn
· Mar 10, 2011
ROSS, MIKE
· Mar 10, 2011
JOHNSON, SAM
· Mar 1, 2011
LEWIS, JERRY
· Mar 1, 2011
Olson, Pete
· Mar 1, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 764: Fair Treatment of Existing Levees Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-764/
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"H.R. 764: Fair Treatment of Existing Levees Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-764/.
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H.R. 764, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-764/.
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