US Congress Senate Bill 1601 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on October 29 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-10-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Flood Safe Basements Act

Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-10-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

HB3370 (Related) 2014-03-21 - Became Public Law No: 113-89.
SB1610 (Related) 2013-10-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
HB3511 (Related) 2013-11-15 - Referred to House Rules
HB3834 (Same As) 2014-01-09 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
SB1846 (Related) 2014-01-15 - Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S335, S344-360)
SB1926 (Related) 2014-01-31 - Held at the desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1601/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1601/BILLS-113s1601is.pdf