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HR 2170 115th Congress House

Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow the repair, expansion, and construction, without elevation, of agricultural structures located in sp… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow the repair, expansion, and construction, without elevation, of agricultural structures located in special flood hazard zones, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 26, 2017 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Disaster relief and insuranceFarmlandFloods and storm protectionLand use and conservation
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Apr 26, 2017
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 Latest action April 26, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017

This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow, under the National Flood Insurance Program, certain local variances with respect to agricultural structures located in special flood-hazard zones. The chargeable premium rate for coverage with respect to a structure that is provided such a variance shall be the same as would otherwise apply if the structure had been dry flood-proofed.

If a community applies to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the remapping of a levee-impacted area in which the pertinent levee system fails to meet specified minimum standards for accreditation on a flood-insurance rate map: (1) FEMA must establish, on an alternative map, a flood-risk zone for the area; and (2) flood insurance shall be made available, at specified risk-based rates, to properties located within the zone.

FEMA shall carry out a pilot program that provides for the sale of contracts for flood-insurance coverage, under the National Flood Insurance Program, for multiple nonresidential agricultural structures under a single policy.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 4 Republican 8
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Bost, Mike
Illinois · Sep 6, 2017
Farenthold, Blake
· May 26, 2017
Conaway, K.
· May 25, 2017
Noem, Kristi
· May 25, 2017
Pittenger, Robert
· May 25, 2017
 R
Johnson, Mike
Louisiana · May 24, 2017
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 18, 2017
 R
Webster, Daniel
Florida · May 17, 2017
 D
Bera, Ami
California · Apr 27, 2017
Abraham, Ralph
· Apr 26, 2017
 R
Comer, James
Kentucky · Apr 26, 2017
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Apr 26, 2017
Denham, Jeff
· Apr 26, 2017
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 26, 2017
Knight, Stephen
· Apr 26, 2017
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Apr 26, 2017
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Apr 26, 2017
Nunes, Devin
· Apr 26, 2017
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· Apr 26, 2017
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Apr 26, 2017
ROYCE, ED
· Apr 26, 2017
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Valadao, David G.
California · Apr 26, 2017
Walters, Mimi
· Apr 26, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2170: Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2170/
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"H.R. 2170: Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2170/.
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H.R. 2170, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2170/.
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