S 1601
113th Congress
Senate
Emergency Management
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Flood Safe Basements Act
Introduced: October 29, 2013
Introduced by:
Hoeven, John
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
Oct 29, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Oct 29, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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