United States · Bill · S
S. 1601 (113th)
Flood Safe Basements Act
Introduced
29 October 2013
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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Summary
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.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 October 2013
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 29 October 2013
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 29 October 2013
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1601
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/1601