H.R. 6186 (112th): To require a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.

Introduced:
Jul 25, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI4]
Status:
Died (Passed House)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 1035 on Mar 07, 2013. See H.R. 1035 for current action on this subject.

The bill’s title was written by the bill’s sponsor. H.R. stands for House of Representatives bill.

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Status

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on September 10, 2012 but was never passed by the Senate.

Progress
Introduced Jul 25, 2012
Referred to Committee Jul 25, 2012
Passed House Sep 10, 2012
Votes

House Vote on Passage
Sep 10, 2012 7:06 p.m.
Passed 364/11

Cosponsors
3 cosponsors (2R, 1D) (show)
Committees

House Financial Services

Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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Last updated Sep 11, 2012.
5 pages

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9/10/2012--Passed House without amendment.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced.
The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assess options, methods, and strategies for making voluntary community-based flood insurance policies available through the National Flood Insurance Program. Requires the report on the study to specified congressional committees to make recommendations for a strategy to implement voluntary community-based flood insurance policies that would encourage communities to undertake flood mitigation activities, including construction, reconstruction, or improvement of levees, dams, or other flood control structures.
Directs the Comptroller General to review the Administrator's report and make comments or recommendations to such congressional committees.

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Background

This provision was adopted as an amendment to H.R 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011, by voice vote at the full Committee level and approved by the House as part of H.R. 1309 in 2011. It was also subsequently passed by the House as part of H.R. 3630, H.R. 5652, and H.R. 5740, as well as initially included in the original version of the Conference Report for H.R. 4348, although none of those measures became law.

Summary

H.R. 6186 would require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to conduct a study to assess options, methods, and strategies for making available voluntary, community-based flood insurance policies through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and report its recommendations for implementation to Congress within 18 months of enactment.

The bill would also require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to analyze FEMA's report and submit its comments or recommendations to Congress within 6 months of the report’s issuance.

Cost

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has stated, “The costs of those studies would be discretionary and insignificant (i.e. less than $500,000) in each year.”

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