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On the recordMay 1, 2019
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1276 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 ``Flood Mapping Modernization and Homeowner Empowerment Pilot Program Act of 2019''. SEC. 2. FLOOD MAPPING MODERNIZATION AND HOMEOWNER EMPOWERMENT PILOT PROGRAM. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2) Coastal.--The term ``coastal'' means, with respect to a unit of general local government, that the unit borders a body of water that-- (A) is more than 2,000 square miles in size; and (B) is not a river. (3) Pelagic.--The term ``pelagic'' means, with respect to a unit of general local government, that-- (A) the unit is a coastal unit; and (B) the body of water that the unit borders is-- (i) an ocean; or (ii) a large, open body of water, including a bay or a gulf, that empties into an ocean. (4) Pilot program.--The term ``pilot program'' means the pilot program carried out by the Administrator under this section.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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May 1, 2019

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