S. 1564 · 119th Congress
Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act
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- Senate Introduced May 1, 2025
- Senate Passed Sep 30, 2026
This bill eases restrictions for ecosystem restoration projects in designated floodways that meet certain risk criteria.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate · Sep 30, 2026
Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act
This bill eases restrictions for ecosystem restoration projects in designated floodways that meet certain risk criteria.
Under current National Flood Insurance Program requirements, such projects are generally prohibited in a designated floodway if the project would increase the area’s base flood elevation.
The bill establishes conditions under which a community may permit an ecosystem restoration project within a designated floodway that would result in an increase in base flood elevations. Specifically, the project may be permitted if (1) a professional engineer determines that the cumulative effect of the increase will be not more than 1 foot; (2) no insurable structure or critical infrastructure is located in an impacted area; and (3) the community submits an analysis to the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the project’s effects after the project is complete.
An ecosystem restoration project is defined by the bill as a project that manipulates the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with a goal of recovering, reclaiming, or improving the functions of an aquatic resource or floodplain.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act
Latest action (Oct 5, 2026): Held at the desk.
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 1, 2025
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced May 1, 2025
- Senate Passed Sep 30, 2026
No recorded floor vote found.