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Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2020

Introduced: September 30, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Oct 1, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Sep 30, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 30, 2020
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Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2020

This bill requires federal agencies to take specified actions to evaluate and mitigate the risk of floods to federally funded projects.

Specifically, the bill directs federal agencies to evaluate the potential for flooding throughout the planned lifetime or duration of a federally funded project to reduce the risk of financial and property losses and prevent the disruption of critical services during floods.

Further, federal agencies must consider certain data and information (e.g., the most recent flood insurance rate map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency) when evaluating whether a federally funded project is in a floodplain. If the agency determines the data and information are not adequate for understanding the flood risks to the project, then the agency must use an alternative design standard outlined by the bill.

Finally, the bill directs the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force to issue guidelines for federal agencies related to flood risk management.

What's happening now October 1, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2
KIND, RON
· Nov 5, 2020
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 16, 2020
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Oct 16, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· Oct 16, 2020
Zeldin, Lee
· Sep 30, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8462: Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8462/
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"H.R. 8462: Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8462/.
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