HR 3834
113th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Flood Safe Basements Act
Introduced: January 9, 2014
Introduced by:
Cramer, Kevin
Republican
· North Dakota
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 9, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jan 9, 2014
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Flood Safe Basements Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to rate a covered structure using the elevation difference between the floodproofed elevation and the adjusted base flood elevation of such structure.
Defines "covered structure" as a residential structure: (1) located in a community that has adopted flood plain management measures approved by FEMA and satisfying requirements for an exception for floodproofed residential basements, and (2) built in compliance with the applicable flood plain management measures.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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