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H.R. 481: Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2021

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H.R. 481: Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-25 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2021

Plain summary

Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2021 This bill requires federal agencies to take specified actions to evaluate and mitigate the risk of floods to federally funded projects. Specifically, the bill directs federal agencies to evaluate the potential for flooding throughout the planned lifetime or duration of a federally funded project to reduce the risk of financial and property losses and prevent the disruption of critical services during floods. Further, federal agencies must consider certain data and information (e.g., the most recent flood insurance rate map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency) when evaluating whether a federally funded project is in a floodplain. If the agency determines the data and information are not adequate for understanding the flood risks to the project, then the agency must use an alternative design standard outlined by the bill. Finally, the bill directs the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force to issue guidelines for federal agencies related to flood risk management.

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Official text

Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] · 55 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), David Kustoff (R-TN), Don Bacon (R-NE), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Roger Williams (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Angie Craig (D-MN), J. French Hill (R-AR), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Sean Casten (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), John Garamendi (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr481 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117