3.0.0 3955 2023-01-11T13:29:25Z 2023-01-11T13:29:25Z House HR 2015-11-05 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 165 (Thursday, November 5, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BLUM:H.R. 3955.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8,Clause 18[Page H8153]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2015-11-06T19:09:38Z Referred to 2015-11-05T14:06:50Z 2015-11-06 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 2015-11-05 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2015-11-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-11-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001294 Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1] Rod Blum R IA 1 N Emergency Management Floods and storm protection Intergovernmental relations Land use and conservation State and local government operations Emergency Management 00 2015-11-05 Introduced in House 2016-01-15T16:03:44Z Small Municipality Flood Relief Act of 2015

This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to release a local government from certain land restrictions imposed on a parcel under the hazard mitigation program for recipients of acquisition or relocation project assistance if:

  • the local government submits to the state, more than five years after the closeout of the acquisition or relocation project, a request for such release;
  • on the date of the request, the parcel is not in an area designated by FEMA as having special flood hazards;
  • the local government certifies that no coercion took place against the original property owner in acquiring the parcel;
  • the state in which the parcel is located approves the request and submits to FEMA a recommendation for its approval;
  • the local government repays FEMA for the amount of hazard mitigation assistance received for the acquisition or relocation project or substitutes a different parcel that is at least twice as large as, and subject to the same restrictions being released for, the original parcel; and
  • FEMA gives final approval to the request.
]]> Small Municipality Flood Relief Act of 2015 Display Title Small Municipality Flood Relief Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to release a local government from certain land restrictions imposed under the hazard mitigation program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Small Municipality Flood Relief Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3955ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3955ih.xml 2015-11-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. 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.