[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 804 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]


        H.R.804

                       One Hundred Ninth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and five


                                 An Act


 
   To exclude from consideration as income certain payments under the 
                    national flood insurance program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS UNDER NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    Chapter I of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:


                     ``Treatment of certain payments

    ``Sec. 1324. Assistance provided under a program under this title 
for flood mitigation activities (including any assistance provided 
under the mitigation pilot program under section 1361A, any assistance 
provided under the mitigation assistance program under section 1366, 
and any funding provided under section 1323) with respect to a property 
shall not be considered income or a resource of the owner of the 
property when determining eligibility for or benefit levels under any 
income assistance or resource-tested program that is funded in whole or 
in part by an agency of the United States or by appropriated funds of 
the United States.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.