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On the recordNovember 14, 2017
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 616, I call up the bill (H.R. 2874) to achieve reforms to improve the financial stability of the National Flood Insurance Program, to enhance the development of more accurate estimates of flood risk through new technology and better maps, to increase the role of private markets in the management of flood insurance risks, and to provide for alternative methods to insure against flood peril, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 616, in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Services printed in the bill, the amendment printed in part A of House Report 115-408, modified by the amendment printed in part B of the report, is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered read. The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows: H.R. 2874 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Flood Reform Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. TITLE I--POLICYHOLDER PROTECTIONS AND INFORMATION Sec. 101. Extension of National Flood Insurance Program. Sec. 102. Annual limitation on premium increases. Sec. 103.…
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Jeb Hensarling
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