[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5953 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5953

 To forgive the indebtedness of the National Flood Insurance Program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2016

 Ms. Maxine Waters of California introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to 
the Committee on the Budget, 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 forgive the indebtedness of the National Flood Insurance Program, 
                        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 ``National Flood Insurance Program 
Debt Forgiveness Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FORGIVENESS OF FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM DEBT.

    (a) Forgiveness.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 
indebtedness of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency under any notes or other obligations issued pursuant to section 
1309(a) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) 
and section 15(e) of the Federal Insurance Act of 1956 (42 U.S.C. 
2414(e)), and outstanding as of September 30, 2016, is hereby canceled, 
the Administrator and the National Flood Insurance Fund are relieved of 
all liability to the Secretary of the Treasury under any such notes or 
other obligations, including for any interest due under such notes and 
any other fees and charges payable in connection with such notes, and 
the total amount of notes and obligations issued by the Administrator 
pursuant to such section shall be considered to be reduced by such 
amount for purposes of the limitation on such total amount under such 
section.
    (b) Treatment of Canceled Debt.--The amount of the indebtedness 
canceled under subsection (a)--
            (1) may be treated as a public debt of the United States; 
        and
            (2) is designated as an emergency pursuant to section 4(g) 
        of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
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