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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.

USA115th CongressS-2862| Senate 
| Updated: 5/16/2018
Brian Schatz

Brian Schatz

Democratic Senator

Hawaii

Cosponsors (1)
Tim Scott (Republican)

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act 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 (buyout practices), and (2) ways to streamline the buyout practices. The study must consider and analyze certain factors, such as current and future trends regarding repetitive loss structures that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program and constraints on buyout practices. 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 Senate
May 16, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • May 16, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 16, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Emergency Management

Related Bills

  • HR 115-5846: Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act
  • 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

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.

USA115th CongressS-2862| Senate 
| Updated: 5/16/2018
Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act 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 (buyout practices), and (2) ways to streamline the buyout practices. The study must consider and analyze certain factors, such as current and future trends regarding repetitive loss structures that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program and constraints on buyout practices. 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 Senate
May 16, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • May 16, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 16, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Brian Schatz

Brian Schatz

Democratic Senator

Hawaii

Cosponsors (1)
Tim Scott (Republican)

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

Emergency Management

Related Bills

  • HR 115-5846: Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act
  • 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