3.0.0 1890 2023-01-11T20:41:03Z 2023-01-11T20:41:03Z Senate S S 2007-07-26 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-26T22:59:51Z 2007-07-26 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT N Emergency Management Building laws Disaster insurance Disaster relief Finance and Financial Sector Floods Land use Public Lands and Natural Resources Urban affairs Water Resources Development Zoning and zoning law Emergency Management 00 2007-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2007-12-21T21:48:36Z Flood Insurance Choice Act of 2007 - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to permit an individual homeowner not to purchase property flood insurance, even for property in a special flood hazard area, if he or she submits certain written certifications to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the state, community, or local official responsible for zoning and building codes.

Declares that such homeowner shall not be required to comply with certain base flood elevation requirements.

Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, with respect to land use controls, financial assistance and mitigation assistance, to shield from penalties for non-compliance those areas that have complied with its requirements but where individuals have opted out pursuant to this Act.

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to deny assistance for individuals who have opted-out of the flood insurance program.

]]> Flood Insurance Choice Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow individuals to opt-out of the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Flood Insurance Choice Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Flood Insurance Choice Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1890is/xml/BILLS-110s1890is.xml 2007-07-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.