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National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019

Sponsored by John KennedySen. John Kennedy (R-LA)
Introduced May 16, 2019

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The National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019 reauthorizes the federal flood insurance program for a few additional months. It pushes both the program’s financing deadline and its overall expiration from the end of May 2019 to the end of September 2019, and makes the change retroactive to May 31 if enacted later.

Key Provisions

  • Extends the financing deadline for the National Flood Insurance Program from May 31 2019 to September 30 2019.
  • Extends the overall program expiration date from May 31 2019 to September 30 2019.
  • If the bill becomes law after May 31 2019, the new dates are treated as if they had been effective on May 31 2019.

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

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

May 16, 2019

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May 16, 2019

SenateIntro Referral

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

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

May 16, 2019

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Introduced in SenateIssued May 16, 2019

II

116th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1520

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 16, 2019

Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019.

2.

Reauthorization of National Flood Insurance Program

(a)

Financing

Section 1309(a) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) is amended by striking May 31, 2019 and inserting September 30, 2019.

(b)

Program expiration

Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended by striking May 31, 2019 and inserting September 30, 2019.

(c)

Retroactive effective date

If this Act is enacted after May 31, 2019, the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect as if enacted on May 31, 2019.