Advancing Agricultural Floodplain Management Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to jointly establish a task force to analyze the challenges faced by agricultural areas and rural communities designated as having special flood hazards for purposes of the national flood insurance program.
Terminates the task force 120 days after it submits its report to Congress as required by this Act.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6034 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6034
To provide for the establishment of a task force to conduct a study to
analyze the challenges faced by agricultural areas and rural
communities designated as an area having special flood hazards for
purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 27, 2012
Mr. Garamendi (for himself, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Ms.
Richardson, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Stark, and Mr. Thompson of California)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Financial Services
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A BILL
To provide for the establishment of a task force to conduct a study to
analyze the challenges faced by agricultural areas and rural
communities designated as an area having special flood hazards for
purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Agricultural Floodplain
Management Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. TASK FORCE TO ADVANCE AGRICULTURAL FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agricultural areas and rural communities.--The term
``agricultural areas and rural communities'' refers to areas
where substantially all of the land-use is agricultural along
with communities that are located in an area where a
substantial portion of the economy, currently is and
historically was, based on agricultural production.
(2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(b) Establishment; Study.--The Administrator and the Secretary
shall jointly establish a task force that shall conduct a study to
analyze the challenges faced by agricultural areas and rural
communities designated as an area having special flood hazards for
purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program under the National
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.).
(c) Membership.--The task force shall consist of 13 members,
including the Administrator and Secretary, or their designees. All
other members shall be appointed jointly by the Administrator and the
Secretary as follows:
(1) One individual who is a representative of a national
farm organization or a national agricultural commodities
organization.
(2) One individual who is a representative of the insurance
industry or the financial and banking industry.
(3) One individual who is a representative of a national
floodplain management organization or a national organization
of flood and stormwater management agencies.
(4) One individual who is a representative of agricultural
floodplain interests.
(5) Three local landowners or farmers (or both) or
representatives from local flood control associations in
impacted areas, including the Central Valley of California, the
Mississippi Valley, and the Missouri Valley.
(6) Two individuals who are elected officials of units of
general local governments who represent agricultural areas and
rural communities.
(7) Two individuals who have an interest or expertise in
the issues specified in subsection (b).
(d) Co-Chairs.--The Administrator and the Secretary, or their
designees, shall serve as co-chairs of the task force.
(e) Staff.--The Administrator and the Secretary may detail, on a
reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such agencies to the task
force to assist the task force in carrying out its duties under this
section.
(f) Report.--Not later than one year after the appointment of the
members of task force, the task force shall submit to the Committee on
Financial Services and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of
the Senate a report regarding the study conducted pursuant to
subsection (b) that shall include any findings and conclusions of the
study and recommended changes to the National Flood Insurance Program
to strengthen the economic viability and vitality of agricultural areas
and rural communities. The report shall include an analysis and
recommendations regarding the following:
(1) Impacts of the building restrictions of the National
Flood Insurance Program on the repair, rehabilitation,
replacement, construction, or alteration of agricultural
production structures and repair, rehabilitation, construction,
or replacement of associated rural community properties
supporting the agricultural economy of the agricultural areas
and rural communities.
(2) Changes to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968,
regulations, or policy that might mitigate the impacts
identified under paragraph (1).
(3) The feasibility, advantages, and disadvantages of the
establishment of a new National Flood Insurance Program flood
zone for agricultural areas and rural communities.
(4) Options for the National Flood Insurance Program to
offer lower cost insurance in agricultural areas and rural
communities due to lower losses associated with low-density
population and structures of the rural area.
(5) Financial implications to the National Flood Insurance
Program if lower cost flood insurance was offered by the
National Flood Insurance Program to agricultural areas and
rural communities.
(6) Premiums paid to and claims paid by the National Flood
Insurance Program in agricultural areas and rural communities
since the creation of the National Flood Insurance Program and
a comparison of these figures to those in urban areas.
(7) The potential impacts to economy and life safety from
the allowance of in-fill construction or building expansion in
agricultural areas and rural communities.
(g) Termination.--The task force shall terminate 120 days after the
date of the submission of the report under subsection (f).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
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