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S. 1581 117th Congress Senate

Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2021

Official title: A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out a pilot program to enhance the mapping of urban flooding and associ… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out a pilot program to enhance the mapping of urban flooding and associated property damage and the availability of that mapped data to homeowners, businesses, and localities to help understand and mitigate the risk of such flooding, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2021 Introduced by: Richard J. Durbin Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Emergency Management Building constructionCongressional oversightFloods and storm protectionGeography and mapping
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S2488-2490)
May 12, 2021
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 Latest action May 12, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S2488-2490)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2021

This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out a pilot program to make grants to local governments to (1) enhance the production of maps relating to urban flooding and associated property damage; and (2) increase the availability of such maps to homeowners, businesses, and localities to enable them to minimize urban flooding risk.

The grants may only be made to local governments in urbanized areas with populations greater than 50,000 or to stormwater management authorities in those localities.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3161 Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2021
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · May 12, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1581: Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1581/
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"S. 1581: Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1581/.
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S. 1581, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1581/.
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