National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019
Latest action · Oct 28, 2019 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 210.
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.
- IntroducedJun 10, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019
This bill generally revises the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and reauthorizes the program through FY2024. Among other things, the bill
- expands the NFIP mapping program,
- establishes capitalization grants for states to provide low-interest loans,
- establishes pilot programs for means-tested flood insurance rates and community-based NFIP coverage, and
- revises continuous coverage requirements.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jun 10, 2019Markup Jun 11, 2019Reported Oct 28, 2019 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jun 10, 2019Discharged Oct 28, 2019 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jun 11, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2019Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-262, Part I.
- Oct 28, 2019Committee on Transportation discharged.
- Oct 28, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 210.
- Jun 11, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 11, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 59 - 0.
- Jun 11, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Jun 10, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 10, 2019Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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
- Oct 4, 2019H.R. 3167, National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 11, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 96, June 10, 2019, page H4388.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-40 | PROTECTING BENEFITS FOR ALL SERVICEMEMBERS48 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Oct 23, 2019 |
CRS reports 5
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 5
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45242 | Private Flood Insurance and the National Flood Insurance Program | Report | Jan 9, 2023 |
| R47000 | Options for Making the National Flood Insurance Program More Affordable | Report | Jan 6, 2023 |
| IN11050 | Selected Issues for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Reauthorization and Reform: Homeland Security Issues in the 116th Congress Archived | Insight | Oct 5, 2020 |
| IF11023 | Selected Issues for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Reauthorization and Reform Archived | Resource | Oct 2, 2020 |
| R46095 | The National Flood Insurance Program: Selected Issues and Legislation in the 116th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 23, 2019 |
Related bills 5
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1276 | Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2019 | Related bill | May 1, 2019 |
| HR 1610 | State Flood Mitigation Revolving Fund Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 7, 2019 |
| HR 1666 | To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow for the consideration of private flood insurance for the purposes of applying continuous coverage requirements, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Mar 11, 2019 |
| HR 2462 | Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2019 | Related bill | May 2, 2019 |
| HR 3146 | Fair Flood Insurance Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jun 5, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reform and reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Advisory bodies
- Building construction
- Congressional oversight
- Cooperative and condominium housing
- Dams and canals
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Farmland
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Floods and storm protection
- Geography and mapping
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Insurance industry and regulation
- Land use and conservation
- Life, casualty, property insurance
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Natural disasters
- Public-private cooperation
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Rural conditions and development
- Securities
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- User charges and fees
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2019Reported in House
- Jun 10, 2019Introduced 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.
