US Congress Senate Bill 1276 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on May 1 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S2572-2573)
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out a pilot program to make grants to local governments to (1) enhance the production of maps relating to urban flooding and associated property damage; and (2) increase the availability of such maps to homeowners, businesses, and localities to enable them to minimize urban flooding risk. The grants may only be made to local governments in urbanized areas with populations greater than 50,000 or to stormwater management authorities in those localities.

Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2019

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S2572-2573)

HB2462 (Related) 2019-05-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
HB3167 (Related) 2019-10-28 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 210.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1276/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1276/BILLS-116s1276is.pdf