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H.R. 2170: Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017

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H.R. 2170: Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-04-26 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-04-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017

Plain summary

Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow, under the National Flood Insurance Program, certain local variances with respect to agricultural structures located in special flood-hazard zones. The chargeable premium rate for coverage with respect to a structure that is provided such a variance shall be the same as would otherwise apply if the structure had been dry flood-proofed. If a community applies to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the remapping of a levee-impacted area in which the pertinent levee system fails to meet specified minimum standards for accreditation on a flood-insurance rate map: (1) FEMA must establish, on an alternative map, a flood-risk zone for the area; and (2) flood insurance shall be made available, at specified risk-based rates, to properties located within the zone. FEMA shall carry out a pilot program that provides for the sale of contracts for flood-insurance coverage, under the National Flood Insurance Program, for multiple nonresidential agricultural structures under a single policy.

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Official text

Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] · 29 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

John Garamendi (D-CA), James Comer (R-KY), Jim Costa (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), David Rouzer (R-NC), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Mike Bost (R-IL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2170 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115