Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017
Latest action · Apr 26, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
- IntroducedApr 26, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow, under the National Flood Insurance Program, certain local variances with respect to agricultural structures located in special flood-hazard zones. The chargeable premium rate for coverage with respect to a structure that is provided such a variance shall be the same as would otherwise apply if the structure had been dry flood-proofed.
If a community applies to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the remapping of a levee-impacted area in which the pertinent levee system fails to meet specified minimum standards for accreditation on a flood-insurance rate map: (1) FEMA must establish, on an alternative map, a flood-risk zone for the area; and (2) flood insurance shall be made available, at specified risk-based rates, to properties located within the zone.
FEMA shall carry out a pilot program that provides for the sale of contracts for flood-insurance coverage, under the National Flood Insurance Program, for multiple nonresidential agricultural structures under a single policy.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 26, 2017 to Sep 6, 2017; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-KY | James Comer | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-CA | Mimi Walters | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-IA | Steve King | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Apr 26, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | May 16, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | May 17, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | May 17, 2017 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | May 18, 2017 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | May 18, 2017 | |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | May 24, 2017 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | May 25, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | May 26, 2017 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Sep 6, 2017 |
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 Apr 26, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2017Introduced in House
- Apr 26, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 71, April 26, 2017, page H2897.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow the repair, expansion, and construction, without elevation, of agricultural structures located in special flood hazard zones, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 26, 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.
