Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2021

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This bill requires federal agencies to take specified actions to evaluate and mitigate the risk of floods to federally funded projects.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 25, 2021

Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2021

This bill requires federal agencies to take specified actions to evaluate and mitigate the risk of floods to federally funded projects.

Specifically, the bill directs federal agencies to evaluate the potential for flooding throughout the planned lifetime or duration of a federally funded project to reduce the risk of financial and property losses and prevent the disruption of critical services during floods.

Further, federal agencies must consider certain data and information (e.g., the most recent flood insurance rate map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency) when evaluating whether a federally funded project is in a floodplain. If the agency determines the data and information are not adequate for understanding the flood risks to the project, then the agency must use an alternative design standard outlined by the bill.

Finally, the bill directs the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force to issue guidelines for federal agencies related to flood risk management.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2021

Latest action (Feb 4, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Policy area: Water Resources Development · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 25, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.