3.0.0 6108 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z 2023-01-12T17:52:18Z House H HR 2006-09-19 109 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing hsba04 Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Referred to 2006-10-18T15:58:48Z Referred to 2006-09-19T16:32:00Z 2006-10-18 hsba04 Housing and Insurance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Committee 2006-09-19 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2006-09-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1767-1768) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] Doris Matsui D CA O. 5 N F000339 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] BARNEY FRANK D MA 4 2006-09-19 True O000006 Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] JAMES OBERSTAR D MN L. 8 2006-09-19 True B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2006-09-19 True T000057 Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] ELLEN TAUSCHER D CA O. 10 2006-09-19 True T000074 Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4] GENE TAYLOR D MS 4 2006-09-19 True M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 2006-09-19 True S000364 Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-19] JOHN SHIMKUS R IL M. 19 2006-09-19 True Emergency Management Cost effectiveness Disaster insurance Economics and Public Finance Finance and Financial Sector Flood damage prevention Floodplains Floods Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Risk Water Resources Development Emergency Management 00 2006-09-19 Introduced in House 2006-11-06T19:55:49Z Flood Insurance Community Outreach Grant Program Act of 2006 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make grants to local governmental agencies responsible for floodplain management activities in communities that participate in the national flood insurance program for: (1) outreach activities to encourage and facilitate the purchase of flood insurance protection by owners and renters of properties in such communities; and (2) educational activities that increase awareness of flood risk reduction.

Permits grant funds to be used to: (1) identify such property owners and renters; (2) notify them when their properties become included in, or are excluded from, an area having special flood hazards about the effect of such inclusion or exclusion on the applicability of the mandatory flood insurance purchase requirement; (3) educate them regarding the flood risk and reduction of risk in their community and regarding the benefits and costs of flood insurance; and (4) encourage them to maintain or acquire coverage.

Sets forth requirements regarding cost-sharing and limits on administrative costs.

Requires the Director to provide for such agencies to submit applications for grants and for competitive selection, based on criteria established by the Director. Lists selection considerations. Authorizes the Director to use up to 50% of amounts available for grants in each fiscal year in areas determined to have the most immediate need for such activities.

]]> Flood Insurance Community Outreach Grant Program Act of 2006 Display Title Flood Insurance Community Outreach Grant Program Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to communities to be used for outreach efforts to encourage participation in the national flood insurance program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Flood Insurance Community Outreach Grant Program Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-09-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6108ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6108ih.xml 2006-10-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.