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Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act

USA115th CongressHR-5846| House 
| Updated: 7/17/2018
Earl Blumenauer

Earl Blumenauer

Democratic Representative

Oregon

Cosponsors (3)
Mark Sanford (Republican)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Sean P. Duffy (Republican)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.

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Timeline
May 16, 2018
Introduced in House
May 16, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 17, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
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.
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.
Jul 16, 2018
Mr. Barletta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 16, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6224-6226)
Jul 16, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5846.
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
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6224-6225)
Jul 16, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 17, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • May 16, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • May 16, 2018
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • May 17, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.


  • June 27, 2018
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.


  • June 27, 2018
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.


  • June 27, 2018
    Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.


  • July 16, 2018
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 634.


  • July 16, 2018
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-820.


  • July 16, 2018
    Mr. Barletta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.


  • July 16, 2018
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6224-6226)


  • July 16, 2018
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5846.


  • July 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)


  • July 16, 2018
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6224-6225)


  • July 16, 2018
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • July 17, 2018
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Emergency Management

Related Bills

  • S 115-2862: A bill 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.
  • HR 115-6402: To extend the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Congressional oversightEmergency planning and evacuationFloods and storm protectionGovernment studies and investigationsProperty rightsState and local government operations

Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act

USA115th CongressHR-5846| House 
| Updated: 7/17/2018
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.

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Timeline
May 16, 2018
Introduced in House
May 16, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 17, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
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.
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.
Jul 16, 2018
Mr. Barletta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 16, 2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6224-6226)
Jul 16, 2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5846.
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
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6224-6225)
Jul 16, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 17, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • May 16, 2018
    Introduced in House


  • May 16, 2018
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • May 17, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.


  • June 27, 2018
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.


  • June 27, 2018
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.


  • June 27, 2018
    Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.


  • July 16, 2018
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 634.


  • July 16, 2018
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-820.


  • July 16, 2018
    Mr. Barletta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.


  • July 16, 2018
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6224-6226)


  • July 16, 2018
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5846.


  • July 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)


  • July 16, 2018
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6224-6225)


  • July 16, 2018
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • July 17, 2018
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Earl Blumenauer

Earl Blumenauer

Democratic Representative

Oregon

Cosponsors (3)
Mark Sanford (Republican)Peter A. DeFazio (Democratic)Sean P. Duffy (Republican)

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Emergency Management

Related Bills

  • S 115-2862: A bill 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.
  • HR 115-6402: To extend the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightEmergency planning and evacuationFloods and storm protectionGovernment studies and investigationsProperty rightsState and local government operations