Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act

Bill: 114-hr-6196
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2016-09-28
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Homeland Security

Disaster relief and insurance

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Floods and storm protection

Government information and archives

Land use and conservation
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act</b></p> <p> This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to require communities participating in the national flood insurance program that have adopted land use control measures to: (1) analyze and map areas in which are located structures and public or nonprofit facilities that have been repetitively damaged by flooding; and (2) develop a community-specific plan for addressing continuing flood risks and make the plan, updates, and reports on progress in reducing flood risk publicly available.</p> <p>FEMA shall provide sanctions upon communities that fail to comply with the requirements of this bill or to make sufficient progress in reducing the flood risks to areas repeatedly damaged by floods.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6196 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2016 Mr. Royce (for himself and Mr. Blumenauer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to ensure community accountability for areas repetitively damaged by floods, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act . 2. Community accountability for repetitively flooded areas (a) In general Section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4102 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) Community accountability for repetitively damaged areas (1) In general The Administrator shall, by regulation, require any covered community (as such term is defined in paragraph (3))— (A) to analyze and map areas within the community where properties described in paragraph (3)(B) or flood-damaged facilities are located to determine areas repeatedly damaged by floods and to assess the continuing risks to such areas; and (B) to develop a community-specific plan for addressing any continuing flood risks, submit such plan to the Administrator and update such plan at appropriate intervals, and make such plan, plan updates, and reports on progress in reducing flood risk available to the public, subject to section 552a of title 5, United States Code. (2) Sanctions The Administrator shall, by regulation, provide appropriate sanctions for covered communities that fail to comply with the requirements under this subsection or to make sufficient progress in reducing the flood risks to areas in the community that are repeatedly damaged by floods. (3) Covered community For purposes of this subsection, the term covered community means a community— (A) that is participating, pursuant to section 1315, in the national flood insurance program; and (B) within which are located— (i) 50 or more repetitive loss structures (as such term is defined in paragraph (4)); (ii) 5 or more severe repetitive loss structures (as such term is defined in section 1366(h)) for which mitigation activities meeting the standards for approval under section 1366(c)(2)(A) have not been conducted; or (iii) a public facility or a private nonprofit facility (as such terms are as defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5122 )), that has received assistance for repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement under section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5172 ) in connection with more than one flooding event in the most recent 10-year period. (4) Repetitive-loss structure For purposes of this subsection, the term repetitive-loss structure means a structure insured under a contract for flood insurance made available under this title that has had at least 2 flood losses for which claims were paid under such coverage of more than $1,000 each in any 10-year period beginning after 1978. (5) Reports to Congress Not later than the expiration of the 6-year period beginning upon the date of the enactment of this subsection, and not less than every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Congress regarding the progress in implementing plans developed pursuant to paragraph (1)(B). . (b) Regulations The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall issue regulations necessary to carry out subsection (e) of section 1361 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as added by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section, not later than the expiration of the 2-year period that begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.