3.0.0 2616 2023-01-11T13:31:01Z 2023-01-11T13:31:01Z House HR 2015-06-02 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 2, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. QUIGLEY:H.R. 2616.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H3758]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2015-06-03T17:39:35Z Referred to 2015-06-02T14:00:30Z hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-06-02T14:00:35Z Urban Flooding Awareness Act of 2015 114 1481 S 2015-06-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3674; text of measure as introduced: CR S3458-3459) Related bill CRS 2015-06-03 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2015-06-02 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2015-06-02 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2015-06-02 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2015-06-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3646) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2015-06-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-06-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress Q000023 Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] Mike Quigley D IL 5 N N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2015-06-02 True G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 2015-06-02 True H001068 Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] Jared Huffman D CA 2 2015-06-02 True P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2015-06-02 True P000604 Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] Donald Payne D NJ M. 10 2015-06-02 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2015-06-17 False Emergency Management Disaster relief and insurance Floods and storm protection Government studies and investigations Public-private cooperation Urban and suburban affairs and development Water quality Emergency Management 00 2015-06-02 Introduced in House 2015-11-02T18:54:42Z Urban Flooding Awareness Act of 2015

Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct a study on urban flooding.

Defines "urban flooding" as the inundation of property in a built environment, particularly in more densely populated areas, caused by rain falling on increased amounts of impervious surface and overwhelming the capacity of drainage systems. Requires the primary focus of the study to be on urban areas outside of special flood hazard areas.

Directs the NAS to evaluate the latest research, laws, regulations, policies, best practices, procedures, and institutional knowledge regarding urban flooding. Requires the study to include an examination of:

  • the prevalence of and costs associated with urban flooding events across the United States, with a focus on the largest metropolitan areas and trends in frequency and severity over the past two decades;
  • the adequacy of federally provided flood risk information and the most cost-effective methods and products to characterize the risk of property damage from urban flooding on a property-by-property basis;
  • the potential for training and certifying local experts in flood risk characterization as a service to property purchasers and owners;
  • the causes of urban flooding and its apparent increase;
  • the most cost-effective strategies, practices, technologies, policies, standards, or rules used to reduce the impacts of urban flooding;
  • the role of the federal and state governments in spurring market innovations based on public-private-nonprofit partnerships;
  • the most sustainable and effective methods for funding flood risk and flood damage reduction at all levels of government;
  • the relevance of the National Flood Insurance Program and Community Rating System to urban flooding areas outside traditional flood plains and strategies for improving compliance, broadening coverage, and increasing participation under the Program;
  • strategies for protecting communities in the lower elevations of a watershed or drainage area from the flooding impacts of development in upstream communities;
  • cost-effective strategies for reducing infiltration/inflow into combined and separate sewer systems; and
  • opportunities to increase coordination between stormwater management programming under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and flood risk management and mitigation programming under various laws.
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