[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10120 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10120
To establish a National Flood Impact Reduction and Resilience Program
to achieve major measurable reductions in the losses of life and
property from floods through a coordinated Federal effort, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 20, 2026
Mr. Beyer (for himself and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure
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A BILL
To establish a National Flood Impact Reduction and Resilience Program
to achieve major measurable reductions in the losses of life and
property from floods through a coordinated Federal effort, 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 Impact Reduction and
Resilience Act of 2026''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Floods are a coast-to-coast threat to the United States
and its territories in all months of the year. Floods can cause
significant loss of life, injury, destruction of property, and
economic and social disruption.
(2) The United States currently sustains several billion
dollars in economic damages each year due to these flood
impacts. Over the next few decades, the cost of flood related
damage is anticipated to increase due to greater precipitation
and sea level rise.
(3) Improved flood impact reduction and resilience measures
have the potential to reduce these losses through--
(A) innovative design and construction methods and
practices;
(B) effective implementation and natural and
nature-based features, floodplain management, and
relocation from flood zones at the local, State, and
national level;
(C) improved data collection and analysis and
impact prediction methodologies; and
(D) public education and outreach.
(4) There is an appropriate role for the Federal Government
in supporting flood impact reduction and resilience. An
effective Federal program in flood impact reduction and
resilience will require interagency coordination, and input
from individuals, academia, the private sector, and other
interested non-Federal entities.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL FLOOD IMPACT REDUCTION AND RESILIENCE PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--There is established the National Flood Impact
Reduction and Resilience Program (hereafter referred to as the
``Program''), the purpose of which is to achieve major measurable
reductions in the losses of life and property from floods through a
coordinated Federal effort, in cooperation with other levels of
government, academia, and the private sector, aimed at improving the
understanding of floods and their impacts and developing and
encouraging the implementation of effective measures to reduce those
impacts.
(b) Program Activities.--The activities of the Program shall be
designed to--
(1) develop effective measures for flood impact reduction
and resilience;
(2) promote the adoption of flood impact reduction and
resilience measures by Federal, State, and local governments,
national standards and model code organizations, architects and
engineers, building owners, and others with a role in planning
and constructing buildings, structures, and lifeline
infrastructure through--
(A) grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
technical assistance;
(B) development of standards, guidelines, and
voluntary consensus codes for floodplain management,
natural and nature-based features, and flood impact
reduction for buildings, structures, and lifeline
infrastructure;
(C) development and maintenance of a repository of
information, including technical data, on flood risk,
mitigation, natural and nature-based features,
nonstructural alternatives, and community resilience;
and
(D) publishing a systematic set of maps of flood
vulnerability, inundation, floodplains, current and
historical flood events, hydrologic forecasts, and
other flood related hazards; and
(3) improve the understanding of floods and their effects
on communities, buildings, structures, and lifeline
infrastructure, through interdisciplinary research that
involves engineering, natural sciences, and social, economic,
and decisions sciences.
(c) Interagency Coordinating Committee on Flood Impact Reduction
and Resilience.--
(1) In general.--There is established an Interagency
Coordinating Committee on Flood Impact Reduction and Resilience
chaired by the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers.
(2) Membership.--In addition to the Chief, the committee
shall be composed of--
(A) heads or such designees of the--
(i) Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(ii) National Institute of Standards and
Technology;
(iii) United States Geological Survey;
(iv) National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration;
(v) Office of Science and Technology
Policy; and
(vi) Office of Management and Budget; and
(B) the head of any other Federal agency, or such
designee, as the chair considers appropriate.
(3) Meetings.--The Committee shall meet not less frequently
than once each year at the call of the Chief.
(4) Duties.--
(A) General duty.--The Interagency Coordinating
Committee shall oversee the planning, management, and
coordination of the Program.
(B) Specific duties.--The duties of the Interagency
Coordinating Committee include the following:
(i) Developing, and updating periodically
a--
(I) strategic plan that establishes
goals and priorities for the Program;
and
(II) detailed management plan to
implement such strategic plan.
(ii) Developing a coordinated interagency
budget for the Program that will ensure
appropriate balance among Program activities,
and in accordance with management plans,
submitting such budget to the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget at the time
designated by the Director for agencies to
submit biennial budgets.
(iii) Developing interagency memorandums of
understanding with any relevant Federal
agencies on data sharing and resource
commitment in the event of a flood disaster.
(5) Advisory committee.--
(A) In general.--The Chief shall establish an
Advisory Committee on Flood Impact Reduction and
Resilience of at least 11 members, none of whom may be
an employee (as defined in subparagraphs (A) through
(F) of section 7342(a)(1) of title 5, United States
Code), including representatives of research and
academic institutions, industry standards development
organizations, State and local government, and
financial communities who are qualified to provide
advice on flood impact reduction and represent all
related scientific, architectural, and engineering
disciplines. The recommendations of the Advisory
Committee shall be considered by Federal agencies in
implementing the Program.
(B) Assessment.--The Advisory Committee shall
assess--
(i) trends and developments in the science
and engineering of flood impact reduction and
resilience, including for improving the
forecast of flood risk;
(ii) effectiveness of the Program in
carrying out the Program activities;
(iii) the need to revise the Program; and
(iv) the management, coordination,
implementation, and activities of the Program.
(6) Budget coordination.--
(A) Guidance.--the Interagency Coordinating
Committee shall each year provide guidance to the other
Program agencies concerning the preparation of requests
for appropriations for activities related to the
Program, and shall prepare, in conjunction with other
program agencies, an annual Program budget to be
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget.
(B) Reports.--Each Program agency shall include
with its annual request for appropriations submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget a report that--
(i) identifies each element of the proposed
Program activities of the agency;
(ii) specifies how each of these activities
contributes to the Program; and
(iii) states the portion of its request for
appropriations allocated to each element of the
Program.
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