United States 119th Congress Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 2 D · 2 R cosponsors

S 1564 — Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery Act

Last action — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced May 01, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 38% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery ActThis bill eases restrictions for ecosystem restoration projects in designated floodways that meet certain risk criteria.Under current National Flood Insurance Program requirements, such projects are generally prohibited in a designated floodway if the project would increase the area’s base flood elevation.The bill establishes conditions under which a community may permit an ecosystem restoration project within a designated floodway that would result in an increase in base flood elevations. Specifically, the project may be permitted if (1) a professional engineer determines that the cumulative effect of the increase will be not more than 1 foot; (2) no insurable structure or critical infrastructure is located in an impacted area; and (3) the community submits an analysis to the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the project’s effects after the project is complete.An ecosystem restoration project is defined by the bill as a project that manipulates the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with a goal of recovering, reclaiming, or improving the functions of an aquatic resource or floodplain.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill replaces the fee exemption condition for flood insurance rate map changes related to habitat restoration projects with a broader exemption for ecosystem restoration projects.

  • 42 U.S.C. 4101e

    for a request for a flood insurance rate map change based on a habitat restoration project that is funded in whole or in part with Federal or State funds, including dam removal, culvert redesign or installation, or the installation of fish passage. → for a request for a flood insurance rate map change based on an ecosystem restoration project.

    The bill broadens the scope of the fee exemption to include all ecosystem restoration projects, rather than restricting it to habitat restoration projects funded by federal or state funds.

Action History

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 543 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (543)

543 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does S 1564 do?
Floodplain Enhancement and Recovery ActThis bill eases restrictions for ecosystem restoration projects in designated floodways that meet certain risk criteria.Under current National Flood Insurance Program requirements, such projects are generally prohibited in a designated floodway if the project would increase the area’s base flood elevation.The bill establishes conditions under which a community may permit an ecosystem restoration project within a designated floodway that would result in an increase in base flood elevations. Specifically, the project may be permitted if (1) a professional engineer determines that the cumulative effect of the increase will be not more than 1 foot; (2) no insurable structure or critical infrastructure is located in an impacted area; and (3) the community submits an analysis to the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the project’s effects after the project is complete.An ecosystem restoration project is defined by the bill as a project that manipulates the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of a site with a goal of recovering, reclaiming, or improving the functions of an aquatic resource or floodplain.
Who sponsors S 1564?
S 1564 is sponsored by Murray, Patty (Democratic), Daines, Steve (Republican), Tillis, Thomas (Republican), and Alsobrooks, Angela D. (Democratic).
What is the current status of S 1564?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced May 01, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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