To require a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Mar 13, 2013 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2013
- Passed HouseMar 12, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to study and report to Congress on options, methods, and strategies for making voluntary community-based flood insurance policies available through the National Flood Insurance Program, including a strategy to implement options that would encourage communities to undertake flood mitigation activities.
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to submit to Congress an analytical review of the FEMA report, including recommendations.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 63 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed397–17 | Mar 12, 2013 |
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2013 to Mar 12, 2013; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | Original | Mar 7, 2013 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Mar 12, 2013 |
Committees 2
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 Mar 7, 2013 |
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2013 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2013Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Mar 12, 2013Mr. Luetkemeyer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Mar 12, 2013Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1339-1341)
- Mar 12, 2013DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1035.
- Mar 12, 2013At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Mar 12, 2013Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1341-1342)
- Mar 12, 2013Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 397 - 17 (Roll no. 63). (text: CR H1339)
- Mar 12, 2013Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 7, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1339–H1341Text printed H1339Recorded votes H1341require | Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO, Gwen Moore D-WI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Mar 12, 2013 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1328.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 996 | A bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes. | Related bill | May 21, 2013 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2013Referred in Senate
- Mar 12, 2013Engrossed in House
- Mar 7, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
