[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3218 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3218

To delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the national 
flood insurance program until completion of the pending study regarding 
  the affordability of such rates and congressional consideration of 
     reforms to make such rates affordable, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2013

  Mr. Nugent (for himself, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Rooney, Ms. Ros-
 Lehtinen, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Garcia, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Miller 
of Florida, Mr. Posey, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Ross, and Mr. Yoho) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the national 
flood insurance program until completion of the pending study regarding 
  the affordability of such rates and congressional consideration of 
     reforms to make such rates affordable, 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 ``Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. DELAY IN FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUM CHANGES UNTIL COMPLETION OF 
              AFFORDABILITY STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amendments made by sections 100205 and 100207 of the Biggert-Waters 
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-141; 126 Stat. 917) 
to sections 1307 and 1308 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4014 and 4015) shall not take effect until the expiration of 
the 180-day period beginning on the date that the House of 
Representatives and the Senate have both completed consideration of a 
qualified joint resolution pursuant to section 4.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect as if enacted 
as part of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF AFFORDABILITY; SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED 
              LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall submit to the Congress, and to the Secretary of 
the Senate if the Senate is not in session and to the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives if the House is not in session, together with 
the report referred to in section 2(a) of this Act--
            (1) a determination of whether risk premium rates for flood 
        insurance coverage under the national flood insurance program 
        resulting from the amendments referred to in section 2(a) of 
        this Act are substantially affordable for all homeowners; and
            (2) if the determination under paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection is that such premium rates are not substantially 
        affordable for all homeowners--
                    (A) recommendations for legislative modifications, 
                including any modifications necessary to the amendments 
                referred to in section 2(a), sufficient to ensure that 
                risk premium rates for flood insurance coverage under 
                the national flood insurance program resulting from the 
                amendments referred to in section 2(a) of this Act are 
                substantially affordable for all homeowners; and
                    (B) a proposed joint resolution that provides for 
                the legislative modifications under subparagraph (A).
    (b) Public Availability.--The Administrator shall make the matter 
submitted to the Congress pursuant to subsection (a), including the 
proposed joint resolution, publicly available, and shall publish in the 
Federal Register a notice of the matter and information on how it can 
be obtained.

SEC. 4. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORMS.

    (a) Qualified Joint Resolution.--For purposes of this section, the 
term ``qualified joint resolution'' means only a joint resolution 
described in section 3(2)(B) of this Act.
    (b) Introduction.--A proposed qualified joint resolution 
transmitted by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency under section 3(a) shall be introduced in the Senate (by 
request) on the next day on which the Senate is in session by the 
majority leader of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated 
by the majority leader of the Senate and shall be introduced in the 
House of Representatives (by request) on the next legislative day by 
the majority leader of the House or by a Member of the House designated 
by the majority leader of the House.
    (c) No Referral.--A qualified joint resolution shall not be 
referred to a committee in either House of Congress and shall 
immediately be placed on the calendar.
    (d) Motion To Proceed.--A motion to proceed to a joint resolution 
is highly privileged in the House of Representatives and is privileged 
in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to a 
motion to postpone, and all points of order against the motion are 
waived. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed 
to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of a qualified joint resolution is agreed to, the 
qualified joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the 
respective House until disposed of.
    (e) Expedited Consideration in the House of Representatives.--In 
the House of Representatives, a qualified joint resolution shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against the qualified joint 
resolution and against its consideration are waived. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the qualified joint 
resolution to its passage without intervening motion except 2 hours of 
debate shall be divided equally between the majority and minority 
leaders or their designees. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage 
of the qualified joint resolution shall not be in order. A vote on 
final passage of the qualified joint resolution shall be taken in the 
House of Representatives on or before the close of the 10th legislative 
day after the date of the introduction of the qualified joint 
resolution in the House of Representatives.
    (f) Expedited Procedure in the Senate.--
            (1) Consideration.--In the Senate, consideration of a 
        qualified joint resolution, and on all debatable motions and 
        appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more 
        than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the 
        majority and minority leaders or their designees. A motion to 
        further limit debate is in order and not debatable. An 
        amendment to, a motion to postpone, a motion to proceed to the 
        consideration of other business, or a motion to commit the 
        qualified joint resolution is not in order.
            (2) Passage.--If the Senate has proceeded to a qualified 
        joint resolution, the vote on passage of the qualified joint 
        resolution shall occur immediately following the conclusion of 
        consideration of the qualified joint resolution, and a single 
        quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in 
        accordance with the rules of the Senate. A vote on the final 
        passage of the qualified joint resolution shall be taken in the 
        Senate on or before the close of the 10th legislative day after 
        the date of the introduction of the qualified joint resolution 
        in the Senate.
            (3) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--Appeals from the 
        decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules 
        of the Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to 
        a qualified joint resolution shall be decided without debate.
    (g) Points of Order.--In the Senate or the House of 
Representatives, a Member of the Senate or House of Representatives, 
respectively, may raise a point of order that a qualified joint 
resolution does not meet the definition of a qualified joint resolution 
under subsection (a).
    (h) Amendment.--A qualified joint resolution shall not be subject 
to amendment in either the House of Representatives or the Senate.
    (i) In General.--If, before passing a qualified joint resolution, 
one House receives from the other a qualified joint resolution--
            (1) the qualified joint resolution from the other House 
        shall not be referred to a committee; and
            (2) with respect to a qualified joint resolution of the 
        House receiving the qualified joint resolution--
                    (A) the procedure in that House shall be the same 
                as if no qualified joint resolution had been received 
                from the other House until the vote on passage; but
                    (B) the vote on final passage shall be on the 
                qualified joint resolution of the other House.
    (j) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--This section is enacted by the 
Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power in the Senate 
        and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is 
        deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
        applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
        that House in the case of a qualified joint resolution, and it 
        supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is 
        inconsistent with such rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
        procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to 
        the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
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