H.R. 968: Fire-Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2013

Introduced:
Mar 05, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA6]
Status:
Referred to Committee
See Instead:

S. 667 (same title)
Referred to Committee — Apr 08, 2013

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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on March 5, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Progress
Introduced Mar 05, 2013
Referred to Committee Mar 05, 2013
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Prognosis

2% chance of getting past committee.
0% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

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House Financial Services

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Full Title

To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow the rebuilding, without elevation, of certain structures located in special flood hazard zones that are damaged by fire, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Mar 05, 2013.
5 pages

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3/5/2013--Introduced.
Fire Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2013 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow local variances for certain residential structures.
Prohibits certain land use and control measures from being deemed inadequate or inconsistent with land management criteria for participation in the flood insurance program because such measures authorize granting a variance for a residential structure located in a covered area and that is substantially damaged by fire.
Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) from either suspending a community from participation in the national flood insurance program, or placing it on probation, because its land use and control measures provide for such a variance.
Defines such variance as one granted by an appropriate official of the community from compliance with such land use and control measures and permits repair and restoration of such structure to its predamaged condition without elevation of the structure.
Requires the official to have made specified determinations as a prerequisite to granting such a variance.
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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