[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1349 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1349

   To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to clarify the 
 effective date of policies covering properties affected by floods in 
                               progress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2011

  Mr. Johanns introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to clarify the 
 effective date of policies covering properties affected by floods in 
                               progress.

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

SECTION 1. EFFECTIVE DATE OF POLICIES COVERING PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY 
              FLOODS IN PROGRESS.

    Paragraph (1) of section 1306(c) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4013(c)) is amended by adding after the period 
at the end the following: ``With respect to any flood that has 
commenced or is in progress before the expiration of such 30-day 
period, such flood insurance coverage for a property shall take effect 
upon the expiration of such 30-day period and shall cover damage to 
such property occurring after the expiration of such period that 
results from such flood, but only if the property has not suffered 
damage or loss as a result of such flood before the expiration of such 
30-day period.''.
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