Flood Insurance Consumer Choice Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2915
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-09-30
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Flood Insurance Consumer Choice Act of 2021 </strong> <p>This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to consider any period during which a property was continuously covered by private flood insurance to be a period of continuous insurance coverage, including for the purposes of National Flood Insurance Program subsidies.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2915 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 30, 2021 Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To allow National Flood Insurance Program policyholders who leave the program to purchase a private insurance flood policy to return to the National Flood Insurance Program without penalty, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Flood Insurance Consumer Choice Act of 2021 . 2. Effect of private flood insurance coverage on continuous coverage requirements Section 1308 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4015 ), is amended by adding at the end the following: (n) Effect of private flood insurance coverage on continuous coverage requirements For purposes of applying any statutory, regulatory, or administrative continuous coverage requirement, including under section 1307(g)(1), the Administrator shall consider any period during which a property was continuously covered by a flood insurance policy through the private market that was used to satisfy the requirements under section 102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4012a(a) ) to be a period of continuous coverage. .