The National Flood Insurance Program : Status and Remaining Issues for Congress

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Library of Congress. Government Division

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Analyzes flood risk management, summarizes major challenges facing the national flood insurance program (NFIP), and outlines key reforms in P.L. 112-141, the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform A...

Analyzes flood risk management, summarizes major challenges facing the national flood insurance program (NFIP), and outlines key reforms in P.L. 112-141, the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, which reauthorized the NFIP through Sept. 30, 2017. Identifies and presents key remaining flood management issues, and discusses relevant policy options for future financial management of flood hazards in the U.S. Includes tables and a graph.

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