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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 See on congress.gov
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Oct 29, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Oct 29, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 October 29, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 3370 Related bill Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014
  • HR 3511 Related bill Keeping Flood Insurance Affordable Act of 2013
  • S 1610 Related bill Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013
  • S 1846 Related bill Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013
  • S 1926 Related bill A bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and t…
  • HR 3834 Identical bill Flood Safe Basements Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1601: Flood Safe Basements Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1601/
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"S. 1601: Flood Safe Basements Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1601/.
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S. 1601, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1601/.
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