Protecting Families and the Solvency of the National Flood Insurance Program Act of 2022
Summary
Protecting Families and the Solvency of the National Flood Insurance Program Act of 2022 This bill revises the National Flood Insurance Program and expands assistance for properties that have experienced repetitive flood-related losses. For example, the bill expedites the voluntary buyouts of such property. Additionally, the bill requires community plans for addressing repetitive loss properties and expands mitigation assistance for repairs to structures facing repetitive losses. The bill also addresses the equity of NFIP mitigation assistance by requiring equity considerations in eligibility determinations, waiving the matching requirement for underserved communities, and expanding predisaster hazard mitigation assistance to high-risk communities.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 19, 2022
Last action May 20, 2022
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Committee
2
May 20, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
lower
May 19, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
lower
May 19, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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