Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017
Latest action · Nov 21, 2017 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 309.
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 27, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue guidance regarding the acquisition of property for open space as a hazard mitigation measure under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which shall include:
- a process by which the state hazard mitigation officer appointed for such acquisition shall, within 60 days after an applicant for assistance enters into the acquisition agreement, provide written notification to each affected local government that includes the location and a description of the acquisition, the state-local assistance agreement for the hazard mitigation grant program, and a copy of the deed restriction; and
- recommendations for entering into and implementing a memorandum of understanding between local governments and covered entities that allows an affected local government to use and maintain the open space created by such a project, consistent with such Act and all adjoining property and subject to the notification of the adjoining property, so long as the maintenance cost is borne by the local government, and to maintain the open space pursuant to standards exceeding any local government standards defined in the agreement with FEMA.
A "covered entity" includes the grantee or subgrantee receiving assistance for an open space project, the state in which such project is located, and the applicable regional administrator of FEMA.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 24, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jul 24, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2017Markup Jul 27, 2017Reported Nov 21, 2017 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Mar 28, 2017Discharged Jul 27, 2017 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-417.
- Nov 21, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 309.
- Jul 27, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 27, 2017Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
- Jul 27, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 28, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Mar 27, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 27, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E390)
- Mar 27, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E390 | Brian Babin R-TX | Mar 27, 2017 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 16, 2017H.R. 1735, Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 27, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 53, March 27, 2017, page H2464.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-448 | DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM810 pages | Armed Services Committee | Mar 9, 2017–Jun 15, 2017 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3041 | Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2018 |
| HR 4667 | Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jan 4, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to issue guidance regarding implementation of certain buy-outs or the acquisition of property for open space as a flood mitigation measure, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2017Reported in House
- Mar 27, 2017Introduced 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.
