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Bill115th CongressFiled May 16, 2018Emergency Management
H.R. 5846

Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act

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What it doesSummary passed house amended (Jul 16, 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.

    What just happenedJul 17, 2018

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

    Who’s behind it

    Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3](D-OR)Sponsor
    3 cosponsors1 D2 R
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    1. Jul 17, 2018IntroReferral

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

      Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
    2. Jul 16, 2018FloorH38310

      Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    3. Jul 16, 2018FloorH37300

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

    4. Jul 16, 2018Floor8000

      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)

    5. Jul 16, 2018FloorH8D000

      DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5846.

    6. Jul 16, 2018FloorH30000

      Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6224-6226)

    7. Jul 16, 2018FloorH30300

      Mr. Barletta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    8. Jul 16, 2018CalendarsH12410

      Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 634.

    9. Jul 16, 2018CommitteeH12200

      Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-820.

      Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
    10. Jul 16, 2018Committee5000

      Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-820.

      Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
    11. Jun 27, 2018Committee

      Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

      Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
    12. Jun 27, 2018Committee

      Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

      Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
    13. Jun 27, 2018Committee

      Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.

      Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
    14. May 17, 2018Committee

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

      Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
    15. May 16, 2018IntroReferralH11100

      Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

      Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
    16. May 16, 2018IntroReferralIntro-H

      Introduced in House

    17. May 16, 2018IntroReferral1000

      Introduced in House

    Passed House amendedJul 16, 201836

    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.

      Introduced in HouseMay 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 specified congressional committees and FEMA a report on the buyout practices study and the feasibility of FEMA establishing an alternative buyout program.

        Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act — Informed