HR 6256
Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act
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Bill overview
This bill amends the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 to allow for ecosystem restoration projects within floodplains without incurring standard fees for flood hazard change requests. It also outlines specific criteria for communities to permit these projects within regulatory floodways, including a requirement for an engineer's assessment and post-project analysis. The bill directs FEMA to issue guidance on implementing these changes.
Key provisions
- Defines ‘ecosystem restoration project’ as projects aimed at recovering or enhancing aquatic resources and floodplains.
- Exempts requests for flood insurance rate map changes related to ecosystem restoration projects from fees.
- Allows communities to permit ecosystem restoration projects within regulatory floodways under specific conditions.
- Requires a professional engineer to assess the potential impact of the project on base flood elevations.
- Mandates a post-project analysis submitted by the community to FEMA.
- Directs FEMA to issue guidance on implementing the changes.
- Defines key terms such as ‘Administrator’ and ‘covered agencies’.
Who is affected
- Homeowners
- Floodplain communities
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- State natural resource agencies
- Engineers
Notable changes
- Introduces a specific category of projects – ecosystem restoration – that can be undertaken within floodplains.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 6256
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 to address ecosystem restoration projects, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act
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In this section, the term ecosystem restoration project means a project proposed for the primary purpose of manipulating the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with the goal of—
Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act
) for providing notification to a landowner with respect to development in a regulatory floodway.The table of contents for the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–89) is amended by striking the item relating to section 22 and inserting the following:
In this subsection:
The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The term covered agencies means Federal and State natural resource agencies, as determined by the Administrator.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and after consultation with the heads of covered agencies, the Administrator shall issue guidance to implement section 22 of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4101e), as amended by this section.