[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 806 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 806

     To require the Secretary of the Army to conduct levee system 
evaluations and certifications on receipt of requests from non-Federal 
                               interests.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 13, 2011

Mr. Baucus (for himself and Mr. Tester) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Secretary of the Army to conduct levee system 
evaluations and certifications on receipt of requests from non-Federal 
                               interests.

    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 ``Rural Community Flood Protection Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. RURAL COMMUNITY FLOOD PROTECTION.

    (a) In General.--On receipt of a request from a non-Federal 
interest, the Secretary of the Army (referred to in this section as the 
``Secretary'') shall conduct a levee system evaluation and 
certification of a federally authorized levee or a non-federally 
authorized levee for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program 
established under chapter 1 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4011 et seq.).
    (b) Requirements.--A levee system evaluation and certification 
under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) at a minimum, comply with the requirements of section 
        65.10 of title 44, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 
        the date of enactment of this Act); and
            (2) be carried out in accordance with such procedures as 
        the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Federal 
        Emergency Management Agency, may establish.
    (c) Cost Sharing.--
            (1) Non-federal share.--Subject to paragraph (2), the non-
        Federal share of the cost of carrying out a levee system 
        evaluation and certification under this section shall be 35 
        percent.
            (2) Adjustment.--The Secretary shall adjust the non-Federal 
        share under paragraph (1) to zero if--
                    (A) the non-Federal interest is located in an area 
                with a population of 10,000 or fewer individuals; or
                    (B) the division of the non-Federal interest with 
                responsibility for the applicable levee is staffed by 
                individuals operating on a volunteer basis.
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