H.R. 6614 (112th): Fire-Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2012

Introduced:
Nov 29, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA5]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 968 on Mar 05, 2013. See H.R. 968 for current action on this subject.

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Status

This bill was introduced on November 29, 2012, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Nov 29, 2012
Referred to Committee Nov 29, 2012
Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Financial Services

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Full Title

To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow the rebuilding of certain structures located in special flood hazard zones, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Nov 29, 2012.
4 pages

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11/29/2012--Introduced.
Fire-Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2012 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to prohibit certain mandatory land use and control measures in an area from being considered to be in compliance with land management criteria for participation in the flood insurance program unless those measures authorize the granting of a variance from compliance for a residential structure located in an area having special flood hazards but which is substantially damaged, instead, by non-flood related causes.
Requires such a variance to allow for the repair and restoration of the structure to its predamaged condition on its original location without any higher elevation, but only if its owner at the time of the damage repairs and restores the structure for continued occupancy.
Allows a variance to be granted only by the appropriate regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), subject to specified considerations.
Requires chargeable flood insurance premium rates for a residential structure granted such a variance to equal, after repair and restoration, the rates which would have been applicable if the structure had not been substantially damaged, repaired, and restored under the variance.

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