UPDATE: H.R.1735 – Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017

LATEST ACTION: November 21, 2017 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 309.

BILL TITLE: Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017

BILL SUMMARY:

Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017

This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue guidance regarding a buy-out or the acquisition of property for open space as a mitigation measure under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which shall include:

-- a process by which the state hazard mitigation officer appointed for such a buy-out or acquisition shall, within 60 days after an applicant for assistance enters into the buy-out or acquisition agreement, provide written notification to each affected local government that includes the location and a description of the buy-out or acquisition, the state-local assistance agreement for the hazard mitigation grant program, and a copy of the model deed restriction; and

-- recommendations for entering into and implementing a memorandum of understanding between local governments and covered entities that allows an affected local government to use and maintain the open space created by such a project, consistent with all adjoining property and subject to the notification of the adjoining property, as long as the maintenance cost is borne by the local government, and to maintain the open space pursuant to standards exceeding any local government standards defined in the agreement with FEMA.

A "covered entity" includes the grantee or subgrantee receiving assistance for an open space project, the state in which such project is located, the applicable state hazard mitigation officer, and the applicable regional administrator.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on November 24, 2017.]

BILL NUMBER: 115th Congress: House Bill 1735 (H.R.1735)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. House of Representatives

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. House of Representatives

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on H.R.1735, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1735

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1735/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

11/21/2017 -- House -- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 309.

11/21/2017 -- House -- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-417.

07/27/2017 -- House -- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

07/27/2017 -- House -- Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.

07/27/2017 -- House -- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

03/28/2017 -- House -- Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

03/27/2017 -- House -- Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

03/27/2017 -- House -- Introduced in House.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of November 21, 2017. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1735/cosponsors ]

-- Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]

COMMITTEES: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

SUBJECTS: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Department of Homeland Security, Disaster relief and insurance, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Intergovernmental relations, Land transfers, Land use and conservation, State and local government operations.