S 1610 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 29, 2013 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.

  1. IntroducedOct 29, 2013
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from: (1) increasing flood insurance risk premium rates to reflect the current risk of flood for certain property located in specified areas subject to a certain mandatory premium adjustment, or (2) reducing such subsidies for any property not insured by the flood insurance program as of July 6, 2012, or any policy that has lapsed in coverage as a result of the policyholder's deliberate choice (Pre-Flood Insurance Rate Map or pre-FIRM properties). Sets forth expiration dates for such prohibitions.

Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to prohibit the Administrator from providing flood insurance to prospective insureds at rates less than those estimated for any property purchased after the expiration of such six-month period (currently, any property purchased after July 6, 2012).

Directs FEMA to: (1) restore during such six-month period specified estimated risk premium rate subsidies for flood insurance for pre-FIRM properties and properties purchased after such six-month period, and (2) submit to certain congressional committees a draft affordability framework addressing the affordability of flood insurance sold under the National Flood Insurance Program.

Prescribes procedures for expedited congressional consideration of legislation on FEMA affordability authorities.

Permits FEMA to enter into an agreement with another federal agency either to: (1) complete the affordability study, or (2) prepare the draft affordability framework.

Directs FEMA submit to certain congressional committees the affordability study and report.

Amends NFIA to authorize FEMA to reimburse homeowners for successful map appeals.

Makes any community that has made adequate progress on the construction (as under current law) or reconstruction (new) of a flood protection system which will afford flood protection for the one-hundred year frequency flood eligible for flood insurance at premium rates not exceeding those which would apply if such flood protection system had been completed.

Revises guidelines governing availability of flood insurance in communities restoring disaccredited flood protection systems to include riverine and coastal levees.

Requires FEMA to: (1) rate a covered structure using the elevation difference between the floodproofed elevation of the covered structure and the adjusted base flood elevation of the covered structure; and (2) designate a Flood Insurance Advocate to advocate for the fair treatment of policy holders under the National Flood Insurance Program and property owners in the mapping of flood hazards, the identification of risks from flood, and the implementation of measures to minimize the risk of flood.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 29, 2013 to Jan 7, 2014, with 14 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalOct 29, 2013
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalOct 29, 2013
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalOct 29, 2013
R-LADavid VitterOriginalOct 29, 2013
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalOct 29, 2013
D-MAElizabeth WarrenOriginalOct 29, 2013
D-NDHeidi HeitkampOriginalOct 29, 2013
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalOct 29, 2013
R-NDJohn HoevenOriginalOct 29, 2013
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalOct 29, 2013
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalOct 29, 2013
D-AKMark BegichOriginalOct 29, 2013
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalOct 29, 2013
R-MSThad CochranOriginalOct 29, 2013
R-SCTim ScottOct 31, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 29, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Oct 29, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Related bills 6

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 1

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  1. Oct 29, 2013Introduced in Senate

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