S. 1601 · 113th Congress
Flood Safe Basements Act
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Flood Safe Basements Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to rate a covered structure using the elevation difference between the floodproofed elevation and the adjusted base flood elevation of such structure.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Oct 29, 2013
Flood Safe Basements Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to rate a covered structure using the elevation difference between the floodproofed elevation and the adjusted base flood elevation of such structure.
Defines "covered structure" as a residential structure: (1) located in a community that has adopted flood plain management measures approved by FEMA and satisfying requirements for an exception for floodproofed residential basements, and (2) built in compliance with the applicable flood plain management measures.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Flood Safe Basements Act
Latest action (Oct 29, 2013): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Oct 29, 2013
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.