Amendment authorizes the FEMA administrator to reimburse property owners or entity or jurisdiction acting on their behalf for any expenses that they incurred in order to file for a letter of map amendment if they are ultimately successful in petitioning the exclusion of their property from a flood zone between fiscal year 2007 to the present as well as in the future.

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Amendment Number
720
Description
Amendment authorizes the FEMA administrator to reimburse property owners or entity or jurisdiction acting on their behalf for any expenses that they incurred in order to file for a letter of map amendment if they are ultimately successful in petitioning the exclusion of their property from a flood zone between fiscal year 2007 to the present as well as in the future.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-537 to provide that if the owner of any property located in an area described in section 102(i)(1) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 obtains a letter of map amendment during the 5-year period for such area referred to in such section, FEMA shall reimburse such owner, or such entity or jurisdiction acting on such owners behalf, for any costs incurred in obtaining such letter.
Congress
111
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jul 15, 2010
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Driehaus amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
12:27:58
Submitted Date
Jul 15, 2010
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Dec 5, 2020
Amendment 720 — Informed