[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7288 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7288

 To allow flood insurance coverage under the national flood insurance 
 program for new structures designed to protect public safety that are 
     located in special flood hazard zones, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2008

  Ms. Matsui introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow flood insurance coverage under the national flood insurance 
 program for new structures designed to protect public safety that are 
     located in special flood hazard zones, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Safety Enhancement Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION OF INSURANCE FOR PROPERTIES IN 
              VIOLATION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAWS REGARDING DEVELOPMENT 
              IN FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.

    Section 1316 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4023) is amended by inserting ``, other than a qualified public safety 
structure (as such term is defined in section 1370(a)),'' after ``for 
any property''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    Subsection (a) of section 1370 of the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 40121) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (14), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (15), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(16) The term `qualified public safety structure' means 
        any of the following structures:
                    ``(A) A structure that is used in providing a 
                public safety service, which shall include police and 
                firefighting services.
                    ``(B) A structure that--
                            ``(i)(I) is newly constructed on the same 
                        site of a structure that was destroyed or 
                        damaged, at no fault of the owner, during any 
                        period during which the site of such structure 
                        is located within an area designated as having 
                        special flood hazards; and
                            ``(II) does not exceed the size, by square 
                        footage, of the destroyed or damaged structure; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) is substantially improved pursuant 
                        to destruction or damage that occurred, at no 
                        fault of the owner, during any period during 
                        which the site of such structure is located 
                        within an area designated as having special 
                        flood hazards.
                    ``(C) A newly constructed structure that--
                            ``(i) is located on the same property as a 
                        structure that was removed through use of 
                        eminent domain by the Federal Government or any 
                        State or local government; and
                            ``(ii) does not exceed the size, by square 
                        footage, of the structure so removed.''.
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