Table Rock Lake Property Protection Act

HR 7818, the Table Rock Lake Property Protection Act, directly affects property owners with existing structures (like homes) on land near Table Rock Lake in Missouri and Arkansas. The bill requires the Army Corps of Engineers to suspend efforts to remove these structures and offers owners two options: a quitclaim deed for the minimum land needed to maintain their current structure (while reserving flood rights), or a release of flowage easement restrictions. It also prohibits new habitable structures on the land, limits liability for flood damage to the structures, and prevents claims for compensation related to flooding. The law modifies existing property rights under the lake's flowage easement system without creating new federal programs.