FLOODS Act
Latest action · Dec 7, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedDec 4, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act or the FLOODS Act
This bill addresses forecasting and the communication of flood, tornado, and hurricane events by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Among other provisions, the bill
- directs NOAA to establish a National Integrated Flood Information System to better inform and provide for more timely decision-making to reduce flood-related effects and costs;
- establishes partnerships with institutions of higher education and federal agencies to improve total water predictions;
- designates a service coordination hydrologist at each National Weather Service River Forecast Center to increase impact-based decision support services at the state and local level;
- requires NOAA to evaluate and improve flood watches and warnings and communication of information to support preparation and responses to floods;
- ensures that the tornado warning improvement and extension program periodically examines the value of incorporating innovative observations, such as acoustic or infrasonic measurements, observations from phased array radars, and observations from mesonets;
- requires NOAA to estimate and communicate the frequency of precipitation;
- establishes an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Water Management to ensure that federal agencies that engage in water-related matters, including water storage and supplies, water quality and restoration activities, water infrastructure, transportation on rivers and inland waterways, and water forecasting, work together where such agencies have joint or overlapping responsibilities; and
- directs NOAA to conduct an analysis of gaps in the availability of snow-related data to assess and predict floods and flood impacts.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 4, 2020 to Dec 18, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Dec 4, 2020 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Dec 18, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 18, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Dec 18, 2020 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Dec 18, 2020 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Dec 18, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Dec 18, 2020 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Dec 18, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Dec 7, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Dec 4, 2020Introduced in House
- Dec 4, 2020Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4462 | FLOODS Act | Related bill | Nov 17, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Commerce
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Floods and storm protection
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Hydrology and hydrography
- Lakes and rivers
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Natural disasters
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research administration and funding
- Student aid and college costs
- Water quality
- Water storage
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2020Introduced in House
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