FIND Accountability Act of 2005
Latest action · Jan 5, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 7, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Flood Insurance Needs Defined Accountability Act of 2005 or the FIND Accountability Act of 2005 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reimburse the Secretary fully for any FEMA indebtedness under the National Flood Insurance Program the Secretary has purchased. Prohibits the Secretary from cancelling, reducing, or forgiving any such indebtedness.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 7, 2005 to Feb 1, 2006; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WY | Barbara Cubin | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Original | Dec 7, 2005 |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Feb 1, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Dec 7, 2005 |
| Housing and Insurance Subcommittee | Referred Jan 5, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Dec 7, 2005Introduced in House
- Dec 7, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require reimbursement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of any amounts borrowed for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Flood Insurance Needs Defined Accountability Act of 2005
- FIND Accountability Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Collection of accounts
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Debt
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of the Treasury
- Disaster insurance
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Floods
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government securities
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2005Introduced in House
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