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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2021

To reduce flood losses.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 25, 2001

Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. LEACH, Mr. LUTHER, Mr. GILCHREST, Ms.

MCCOLLUM, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. BOSWELL,

Mr. HULSHOF, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PETRI, Ms. HOOLEY

of Oregon, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. BARRETT of

Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To reduce flood losses.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Flood Loss Reduction Act of 2001’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of

7 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.

Sec. 3. Flood loss reduction study.

Sec. 4. Flood mitigation.
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Sec. 5. Hazard mitigation.

Sec. 6. Flood loss reduction prioritization.

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:

3 (1) Flood losses threaten the economic future of

4 floodplain communities.

5 (2) Postflood hazard mitigation reduces flood

6 losses, improves water quality, provides opportunities

7 for recreation, and enhances wildlife habitat.

8 (3) Federal efforts to reduce flood losses are

9 poorly coordinated.

10 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are the fol11 lowing:

12 (1) To develop a coordinated flood loss reduc13 tion strategy for the Upper Mississippi River flood14 plain.

15 (2) To expand efforts to relocate, elevate, and

16 flood-proof homes before and after disaster strikes.

17 (3) To prioritize Federal efforts to reduce flood

18 losses.

19 SEC. 3. FLOOD LOSS REDUCTION STUDY.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 459 of the Water Re21 sources Development Act of 1999 (33 U.S.C. 652 note;

22 113 Stat. 332–333) is amended by striking subsections

23 (a) and (b) and inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘(a) FLOOD LOSS REDUCTION PLAN.—Not later

2 than the last day of the 6-month period beginning on the

3 date of enactment of the Flood Loss Reduction Act of

4 2001, the Secretary and the Director of the Federal Emer5 gency Management Agency shall collaboratively develop, in

6 consultation with local and state interests, a plan to re7 duce flood losses in the Upper Mississippi River floodplain,

8 including consideration of structural and nonstructural

9 measures.’’.

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such section is fur11 ther amended by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and

12 (e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.

13 SEC. 4. FLOOD MITIGATION.

14 (a) FUNDING.—Section 212(i)(1) of the Water Re15 sources Development Act of 1999 (33 U.S.C. 2332(i)(1);

16 113 Stat. 291) is amended to read as follows:

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be

18 appropriated $100,000,000 to carry out this section

19 for fiscal years 2002 through 2010.’’.

20 (b) PRIORITY AREAS.—Section 212(e) of such Act

21 (33 U.S.C. 2332(e)) is amended—

22 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

23 (27);

24 (2) by striking the period at the end of para25 graph (28) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following:

2 ‘‘(29) LaCrosse County, Wisconsin;

3 ‘‘(30) Crawford County, Wisconsin;

4 ‘‘(31) Buffalo County, Wisconsin;

5 ‘‘(32) Calhoun County, Illinois;

6 ‘‘(33) Saint Charles County, Missouri;

7 ‘‘(34) Saint Louis County, Missouri;

8 ‘‘(35) Dubuque County, Iowa;

9 ‘‘(36) Scott County, Iowa; and

10 ‘‘(37) Rock Island County, Illinois.’’.

11 SEC. 5. HAZARD MITIGATION

12 (a) LIMITATION ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEDERAL

13 CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 404(a) of the Robert T. Staf14 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42

15 U.S.C. 5170c(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘15 percent of

16 the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made (less

17 any associated administrative costs)’’ and inserting ‘‘25

18 percent of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to

19 be made’’.

20 (b) INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE.—Section

21 322(e)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

22 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165(e)(1)) is

23 amended by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘30 per24 cent.’’
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1 SEC. 6. FLOOD LOSS REDUCTION PRIORITIZATION

2 The Secretary of the Army and the Director of the

3 Federal Emergency Management Agency shall develop

4 and annually update, rank, and list authorized flood dam5 age reduction and predisaster hazard mitigation projects

6 according to the extent to which projects address repetitive

7 loss structures, include nonstructural features, and restore

8 natural rivers and floodplain and shall annually publish

9 the list in the Federal Register.

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