3.0.0 1798 2023-01-11T13:38:35Z 2023-01-11T13:38:35Z Senate S 2017-09-12 115 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-12T20:40:44Z Federal Flood Management Act of 2018 115 7024 HR 2018-10-02 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. Related bill CRS 2017-09-12 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5219) IntroReferral 2017-09-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-09-12 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-09-12 True Emergency Management Appropriations Building construction Congressional oversight Disaster relief and insurance Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Floods and storm protection Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Housing and community development funding Lakes and rivers Land use and conservation Emergency Management 00 2017-09-12 Introduced in Senate 2018-01-12T21:42:02Z Federal Flood Management Act of 2017

This bill directs executive agencies, including military departments, to reduce the risk of flood losses, minimize flood impacts, and restore and preserve natural floodplains. Agencies must also: (1) evaluate the effects of an action taking place in a floodplain, (2) ensure planning programs and budget requests incorporate flood hazard considerations, and (3) indicate their compliance with this bill to the Office of Management and Budget when making a request for a new authorization or appropriation. The bill sets forth characteristics to be used in determining whether an agency action impacts a floodplain. The Mitigation Framework Leadership Group must reassess annually the implementation of these requirements, and provide recommendations to the Water Resources Council.

An agency undertaking a federally funded project must comply with federal flood risk management standards, including construction guidelines, flood-proofing measures, and elevation techniques. Projects may be exempted if compliance would not be in the interest of national security, a project is in response to an emergency, or the standard is demonstrably inappropriate.

An agency facilitating a financial transaction in an area subject to a base flood (a base flood has a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year) has a duty to inform any private party of the hazards.

Agencies must report on their compliance with this bill to the Council on Environmental Quality.

]]> Federal Flood Management Act of 2017 Display Title Federal Flood Management Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Federal Flood Management Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a Federal standard in order to improve the Nation's resilience to current and future flood risk. Introduced in Senate 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1798is/xml/BILLS-115s1798is.xml 2017-09-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5219) 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.