Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Latest action
- May 1, 2025
What it does
The Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act amends the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 to define and promote ecosystem restoration projects aimed at recovering or enhancing natural functions of degraded aquatic resources or floodplains. It exempts such projects from fees for flood insurance rate map changes and allows communities to permit certain restoration projects in regulatory floodways that may increase base flood elevations—provided specific engineering, safety, and reporting conditions are met. The bill also requires the FEMA Administrator to issue implementation guidance within 180 days of enactment, in consultation with federal and state natural resource…
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
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