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H.R. 3922: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Flood Insurance Buy-In Act of 2005

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H.R. 3922: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Flood Insurance Buy-In Act of 2005

109th Congress · introduced 2005-09-27 · Emergency Management · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4502-4503)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-09-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4502-4503) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Flood Insurance Buy-In Act of 2005

Plain summary

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Flood Insurance Buy-In Act of 2005 - Establishes a temporary flood insurance buy-in program. Instructs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make flood insurance coverage available under such program for eligible structures (but not their contents) for flooding resulting from Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. Limits eligibility to structures located in an area not subject to the mandatory purchase requirements of the national flood insurance program, and which were not covered by such insurance at the time of the hurricanes. Prescribes a formula for determination of premiums, which may be paid by deduction from the amount of any claims payable under coverage by the buy-in program.

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Official text

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Flood Insurance Buy-In Act of 2005

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4] · 78 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ed Case (D-HI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jim Costa (D-CA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and 18 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr3922 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109