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S. 1601 113th Congress Senate

Flood Safe Basements Act

Official title: A bill to ensure that certain communities may be granted exceptions for floodproofed residential basements for purposes of determining risk premium rates for flood insurance.

Introduced: October 29, 2013 Introduced by: John Hoeven Republican · North Dakota See on congress.gov
Emergency Management Disaster relief and insuranceFloods and storm protectionResidential rehabilitation and home repair
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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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 Latest action October 29, 2013

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

 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.

 Related & companion bills 6
  • HR 3834 Identical bill Flood Safe Basements Act
  • HR 3370 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014
  • HR 3511 Keeping Flood Insurance Affordable Act of 2013
  • S 1610 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013
  • S 1846 Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013
  • S 1926 A bill to delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and t…
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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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