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HR 7842 117th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector

Protecting Families and the Solvency of the National Flood Insurance Program Act of 2022

Introduced: May 19, 2022 Introduced by: Casten, Sean Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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May 20, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
May 19, 2022
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.
May 19, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Families and the Solvency of the National Flood Insurance Program Act of 2022

This bill revises the National Flood Insurance Program and expands assistance for properties that have experienced repetitive flood-related losses. For example, the bill expedites the voluntary buyouts of such property.

Additionally, the bill requires community plans for addressing repetitive loss properties and expands mitigation assistance for repairs to structures facing repetitive losses.

The bill also addresses the equity of NFIP mitigation assistance by requiring equity considerations in eligibility determinations, waiving the matching requirement for underserved communities, and expanding predisaster hazard mitigation assistance to high-risk communities.

What's happening now May 20, 2022

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7836 Related bill Repeatedly Flooded Communities Planning Assistance Act of 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7842: Protecting Families and the Solvency of the National Flood Insurance Program Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7842/
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"H.R. 7842: Protecting Families and the Solvency of the National Flood Insurance Program Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7842/.
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