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H.R. 5846 115th Congress House

Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act

Official title: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study regarding the buyout practices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 16, 2018 See on congress.gov
Emergency Management Congressional oversightEmergency planning and evacuationFloods and storm protectionGovernment studies and investigations
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 17, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 16, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 16, 2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6224-6225)
Jul 16, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6224-6225)
Jul 16, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5846.
Jul 16, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6224-6226)
Jul 16, 2018
Mr. Barletta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 16, 2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 634.
Jul 16, 2018
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-820.
Jun 27, 2018
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 27, 2018
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 27, 2018
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
May 17, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
May 16, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 16, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 17, 2018

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study to assess: (1) the efficacy of practices or programs under which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides assistance to state and local governments to acquire flood-damaged properties committed to open space use in perpetuity (buyout practices), and (2) ways to streamline the buyout practices to provide more timely assistance.

The study must consider and analyze:

  • current and future trends with respect to repetitive loss structures and severe repetitive loss structures that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program;
  • buyout practices, including the socioeconomic status of recipients of buyouts under buyout programs and examples of successful buyout programs, including best practices employed;
  • administrative, financial, or temporal constraints that may impede the timely acquisition of properties under a buyout program;
  • potential options, methods, and strategies to address such constraints;
  • the ecological, financial, and flood risk reduction benefits that buyout practices provide;
  • an assessment of how FEMA may use buyout programs to reduce future flood disaster recovery costs; and
  • a cost-benefit analysis of mitigation and buy-out projects and programs.

The GAO shall submit to Congress and FEMA a report on the buyout practices study and the feasibility of FEMA establishing an alternative buyout program.

     Related & companion bills 2
    • S 2862 Identical bill Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act
    • HR 6402 National Flood Insurance Program Extension and Enhanced Consumer and Community Protections Act of 2018
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