3.0.0 2078 2019-11-15T20:53:46Z 2019-11-15T20:53:46Z House H HR 2011-06-01 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LOEBSACK:H.R. 2078.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8, clause 1; and Article I, section 8,clause 3.[Page H3870]]]> hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing hsba04 Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Referred to 2011-07-19T21:24:57Z Referred to 2011-06-01T14:01:40Z 2011-07-19 hsba04 Housing and Insurance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. Committee 2011-06-01 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2011-06-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-06-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 N Emergency Management Administrative remedies Disaster relief and insurance Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Floods and storm protection Government information and archives Government liability Emergency Management 00 2011-06-01 Introduced in House 2011-09-07T20:31:37Z Homeowners Flood Insurance Awareness Act - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to publicize determinations of proposed flood elevations (including during the 90-day period for appeals) by notifying: (1) a prominent local television and radio station, and (2) each Member of the House of Representatives and each Senator that represents any part of such community.

Requires the Administrator to extend the 90-day period for appeals for 90 additional days if an affected community certifies that it: (1) believes there are property owners or lessees in the community who are unaware of such period for appeals, and (2) will use such extension to notify affected property owners or lessees of the period for appeals and the opportunity to appeal the proposed determinations.

Allows reimbursement of expenses for the services of surveyors, engineers, or similar services (but not legal services) incurred in effecting a successful petition to dispute the designation of a property as being located in an area with a special flood hazard.

Directs the Administrator to: (1) revise annually each flood insurance rate map to permanently remove any property whose owner or lessee (or a community) successfully petitions to remove the designation of such property as being located in an area with a special flood hazard, and (2) ensure that each such map indicates no history of such property being designated as located in a special flood hazard area.

]]> Homeowners Flood Insurance Awareness Act Short Titles as Introduced Homeowners Flood Insurance Awareness Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for greater notification of flood insurance rate map changes and the appeals process, extensions of the appeals process, reimbursement for successful map change petitions outside of the standard appeals process, and removal of certain properties from flood insurance rate maps. Display Title Homeowners Flood Insurance Awareness Act Introduced in House 2011-06-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2078ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2078ih.xml 2011-07-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, 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.