On June 12th, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed PIA-supported bipartisan legislation to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and reauthorize it for five years. The compromise bill was released June 6 by House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Ranking Member Patrick McHenry (R-NC). The NFIP is currently slated to …
Continue reading House Committee Passes PIA-Supported Flood Reauthorization
The House Financial Services Committee is set to consider, or “mark up,” legislation that would reauthorize and reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) this week. PIA National is pleased to support legislation that would provide a five-year reauthorization of the NFIP, which is currently on its 12th short term extension since 2017. Two relevant …
Continue reading PIA-Backed NFIP Legislation to Be Marked Up This Week
With the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) now extended until September 30th, 2019, the House Financial Services Committee is turning its attention to reauthorizing the program long-term. The Committee is likely to hold a markup, or committee consideration of legislation, soon. PIA National has been advocating for a long-term reauthorization of the NFIP that includes …
Continue reading PIA Reiterates Flood Priorities Ahead of Expected Committee Action
On the evening of June 3rd, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2157, disaster relief legislation that also includes an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to September 30th. This comes after the House failed to extend the NFIP on three recent occasions, before finally passing a two-week extension on Thursday May 30th, which the …
The U.S. House today passed by unanimous consent S. 1693, a bill to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for a two-week period ending on June 14. The NFIP is currently scheduled to expire at midnight tomorrow, May 31. President Trump is expected to sign the legislation. See our press release here. This was the …
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is now on the brink of lapse just as hurricane season is beginning, due to an objection to two bills in the House of Representatives that would have extended it. The Senate has already passed both bills, so they only await House action and the signature of the President. …
Continue reading House Blocked from Passing NFIP Extension for Second Time
PIA National is pleased that Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today introduced S. 1586, the “Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act” in the Senate. This legislation is a companion bill to H.R. 1862 by Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV), which was introduced in the House earlier this year. PIA National worked closely with Senator Cruz to develop this …
Continue reading PIA Top Priority FIO Repeal Introduced in Senate
