Summary: Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act of 2011 - Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to authorize the use of Emergency Management Assistance Compact grants to: (1) educate emergency response providers by offering training materials and courses relating to the Compact; (2) conduct exercises regarding deployments under the Compact and related procedures; (3) establish a system for tracking resources deployed under the Compact; and (4) conduct after-action assessments, prepare reports, and carry out recommendations in response to large-scale activations, as determined appropriate by Compact administrators. Authorizes appropriations for Compact grants for FY2012-FY2016.

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Summary: Disaster Tax Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to disaster tax relief provisions, to: (1) provide for an increase in the tax deduction for losses attributable to a federally declared disaster, (2) make permanent expensing provisions for qualified disaster expenses and qualified disaster assistance property and for net operating losses attributable to federally declared disasters, (3) waive specified requirements for the issuance of mortgage revenue bonds in disaster areas, (4) increase the limit for charitable contributions for disaster relief for individuals and corporations, and (5) increase the new markets tax credit for low-income community investments within a disaster area.

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Summary: Gulf Coast Disadvantaged Business Relief Act of 2011 - Permits any small business located in a Louisiana parish or Mississippi or Alabama county that was designated by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a disaster area by reason of Hurricane Katrina or Rita while it was participating in a SBA small business and capital ownership development program to continue participation and eligibility in such program for an additional 24 months.

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Summary: National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2011 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program from September 30, 2010, through December 31, 2011. Continues through December 31, 2011, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, to issue up to $20.725 billion in notes and obligations to finance the Program.

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Summary: Safeguarding Disaster Funding Act of 2011- Requires the President's annual budget, submitted to Congress, to include an allowance for disaster funding of at least the average amount of disaster funding for the previous ten years, excluding the highest and lowest years. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to calculate this allowance for the President. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to redefine “disaster relief” to conform to the meaning of “disaster funding” in this Act.

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Summary: Storm Shelter Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction, up to $2,500 in a taxable year, for the cost (including labor) of purchasing, constructing, and installing a qualified storm shelter.  Terminates such deduction after 2012. Rescinds unobligated funds from the Community Development Fund authorized by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2010 and the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011.

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Summary: Disaster Recovery Act of 2011 - Amends: (1) the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to revise the definition of "major disaster" to include any natural disaster (including a pandemic), act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster (currently, any natural catastrophe or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion) that meets the specified criteria; and (2) the Stafford Act and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to define "recovery" as the process of restoring, reshaping, and enhancing the resiliency of the physical, social, cultural, economic, and natural environments and services, government institutions, and the well-being of affected individuals. Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to direct: (1) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ensure the preparedness of federal agencies to respond to and support recovery from a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster by specified means; and (2) the head of each federal agency with major responsibilities under the National Response Framework or the National Disaster Recovery Framework to designate a senior official to ensure that the agency is prepared to execute response and recovery responsibilities and to coordinate response and recovery activities with the Administrator. Amends the Stafford Act to authorize the President to declare a catastrophic disaster if: (1) a catastrophic incident has occurred; (2) the President has declared a major disaster relating to that incident in a state; (3) the state has requested that the President declare a catastrophic disaster; (4) an independent panel of experts has issued a recommendation to the President concerning whether a catastrophic disaster should be declared; and (5) the total estimated amount of federal assistance to support response, recovery, and mitigation costs related to the catastrophic incident exceeds $1 billion. Requires the President, immediately following the declaration of such a disaster, to establish a Commission to facilitate and support state and local governments in achieving an efficient, effective, and expeditious recovery. Directs the President to: (1) develop a catalog of federal disaster assistance, (2) establish procedures to monitor disaster recovery indicators after a catastrophic disaster, and (3) increase by 10% the federal share of assistance under the Stafford Act if, at the time of a declaration of a major disaster, a state or local government has in effect an approved recovery plan. Makes various changes to the Stafford Act, including adding the provision of rescue, care, shelter, and essential needs to children and to individuals with disabilities or other special needs to provisions regarding essential assistance. Authorizes the President to: (1) extend the period during which emergency shelter is provided upon determining that timely transition into housing assistance is not practicable or that an extension is necessary to meet housing needs after the major disaster; (2) reimburse a state or local government for costs relating to pay and benefits for its permanent employees conducting emergency protective measures; (3) provide temporary housing for volunteers under specified circumstances; and (4) establish streamlined procedures, including for consideration of multiple structures as a group and for an analysis of the environmental impacts, historical impacts, cost-effectiveness, and fulfillment of cost-share requirements for proposed hazard mitigation measures. Directs the President to increase the federal share of assistance to a state by 10% with respect to the major disaster if the state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code. Prohibits the President from denying assistance to an individual or household because a member of the predisaster household has already received assistance if the individual or household is a victim of domestic violence. Extends the period for appeals of assistance decisions. Requires the President to direct the FEMA Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to establish a single comprehensive disaster case management system to facilitate rapid access by survivors of a major disaster to resources and services. Directs the President to: (1) establish rules and regulations under which an applicant may request the use of alternative dispute resolution to resolve disputes relating to eligible assistance, (2) issue guidance for the administration and use of catastrophic disaster recovery grants, and (3) eliminate regulations that are no longer relevant and simplify and expedite disaster recovery and assistance for a catastrophic disaster. Amends Stafford Act provisions regarding contributions to personnel and administrative expenses to require the FEMA Administrator, in approving standards for state and local emergency preparedness operational plans, to ensure that such plans take into account the needs of children and individuals with disabilities or other special needs. Amends HSA to: (1) require each state, local, or tribal government to integrate into mass evacuation plans evacuation plans for schools and child care centers; and (2) establish within FEMA a Disaster Reserve Workforce to supplement the work of permanent full-time FEMA employees.

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Summary: Small Business Disaster Assistance Act of 2011 - Reduces temporarily, through September 30, 2014, the interest rate on the federal share of certain Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loans (to repair, rehabilitate, replace, or refinance property damaged or destroyed by or as a result of a natural or other disaster) made to businesses on or after August 26, 2011. Sets forth temporary rates of: (1) 1% per year, in the case of a business concern unable to obtain credit elsewhere; and (2) 3% per year, in the case of a business concern able to obtain credit elsewhere.

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Summary: Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program from September 30, 2010, through September 30, 2012. Continues through December 31, 2011, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, to issue up to $20.725 billion in notes and obligations to finance the Program. Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 to repeal the termination of such authority as of November 18, 2011.

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Summary: Title I: Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization - Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2011 - (Sec. 104) Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to extend: (1) through FY2016 the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue up to $ 20.725 billion in debt obligations, with the President's approval, for the National Flood Insurance Program (Program); and (2) through FY2013 the authorization for the Program itself. (Sec. 105) Requires the FEMA Administrator to make national flood insurance available for multifamily properties of more than four units. (Sec. 106) Prohibits the Administrator from estimating risk premium rates for flood insurance for: (1) any property which is not an individual's primary residence, (2) any severe repetitive loss property, (3) any property that has incurred flood-related damage in which the cumulative amounts of claims payments equaled or exceeded its fair market value, (4) any business property, or (5) any property which on or after the date of the enactment of this Act has experienced or sustained either substantial damage exceeding 50% of its fair market value or substantial improvement exceeding 30% of its fair market value. Prohibits the Administrator from providing flood insurance to prospective insureds at risk premium rates less than those otherwise estimated for: (1) new or lapsed policies, or (2) any prospective insured who refuses to accept any offer for FEMA mitigation assistance. Requires the estimate of risk premium rates to be based, in part, on all costs, as prescribed by principles and standards of practice in ratemaking adopted by the American Academy of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society. Increases from 10% to 15% the annual limitation on risk premium rate increases for any properties within any single risk classification. Directs the Administrator to provide policyholders that are not required to escrow their premiums (with respect to any chargeable premium rate) and fees for flood insurance with the option of paying their premiums either annually or in more frequent installments. (Sec. 107) Instructs FEMA to issue final regulations establishing revised definitions of special flood hazard areas, including residual risk areas. Subjects such areas to mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements. (Sec. 108) Requires adjustment of flood insurance risk premium rates to reflect the current risk of flood to property located in an area participating in the Program. (Sec. 109) Adds a new requirement for those states and areas where flood insurance must be made available. Requires such states or areas to give satisfactory assurance that, by six months after enactment of this Act, state-chartered lending institutions not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) shall be subject to state regulations consistent with the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. (Sec. 110) Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to increase from $350 to $2000 the civil monetary penalty for a single violation of the Act. Repeals the limitation upon the maximum penalty amount that may be imposed against any single regulated lending institution or enterprise in any calendar year. (Sec. 111) Revises the requirement that federal entities responsible for lending regulation require by regulation the payment of flood insurance premiums to a mortgage lender for deposit in an escrow account. Changes the property reference from real estate or mobile home to any property for which a loan has been made for purposes of acquisition or construction. Extends the same requirement to state entities responsible for lending regulations with respect to lending institutions they supervise. Requires any regulated lending institution, upon final payment of a mortgage, to notify the policyholder: (1) that insurance coverage may cease with such final payment, and (2) how flood insurance coverage may be continued after the life of the loan. (Sec. 112) Prescribes minimum deductibles for claims under the Program for specified properties. Specifies the minimum annual deductible for pre-FIRM properties (containing a structure neither constructed nor substantially improved after the later of December 31, 1974, or the effective date of the initial rate map published by the FEMA Administrator under NFIA for the pertinent area) as: (1) $1,500, if the flood insurance covers structural damage of $100,000 or less; and (2) $2,000, if the flood insurance covers structural damage greater than $100,000. Sets the minimum annual deductible for post-FIRM properties at $1,000 in the first instance, and $1,250 in the second. (Sec. 113) Revises requirements for the FEMA Administrator's prescription of chargeable flood insurance premium rates. Repeals the requirement that the Administrator consult with certain entities before prescribing rates. Requires such rates, in addition to meeting other conditions, to be adequate, on the basis of accepted actuarial principles, to cover the average historical loss year obligations incurred by the National Flood Insurance Fund. (Sec. 114) Instructs the Administrator to establish in the Treasury a National Flood Insurance Reserve Fund, which shall maintain 1% of the sum of the total potential loss exposure of all outstanding flood insurance policies in force in the prior fiscal year, or any higher percentage the Administrator determines appropriate. (Sec. 115) Requires any funds borrowed by FEMA for the Program to include a repayment schedule, which shall be transmitted not only to the Secretary but to specified congressional committees. (Sec. 116) Prohibits FEMA from denying payment of certain flood insurance claims by condominium owners who purchased such flood insurance separate and apart from the flood insurance purchased by the condominium association, based on the flood insurance coverage of the association or others on the association's overall property. (Sec. 117) Establishes the Technical Mapping Advisory (TMA) Council to recommend mapping standards and guidelines for flood insurance rate maps. Directs the Council to develop recommendations on how to: (1) ensure that flood insurance rate maps incorporate the best available climate science to assess flood risks, and (2) ensure that FEMA uses the best available methodology to consider the impact of the rise in the sea level and future development on flood risk. Requires the FEMA Administrator to incorporate any such future risk assessment into updated National Flood Insurance Program rate maps. (Sec. 118) Requires the FEMA Administrator, in coordination with the TMA Council, to establish an ongoing program for review, update, and maintenance of Program rate maps. Directs the Administrator to: (1) work to enhance communication and outreach to states, local communities, and property owners about the effects of any potential changes to Program rate maps that may result from this mapping program, and which such changes may have on flood insurance purchase requirements; and (2) engage with local communities to enhance communication and outreach to their residents on such effects. Authorizes appropriations for FY2012-FY2016. (Sec. 119) Allows appeals to the local government of any designation of an identified special flood hazard area, but only on the ground that such designation is scientifically or technically incorrect. (Sec. 120) Requires the Administrator to make make an independent Scientific Resolution Panel available to any community that has: (1) filed a timely map appeal, completed 60 days of consultation with FEMA on the appeal, and not allowed more than 120 days (or longer under a waiver) to pass since the end of the appeal period; or (2) received an unsatisfactory ruling under the map revision process. Requires any property owner or lessee appealing a proposed flood elevation determination to submit related scientific and technical data to the appeals to the Scientific Resolution Panel for review. Requires the Panel, following deliberations, to issue a determination resolving a dispute, with binding recommendations, not subject to further judicial review, for the base flood elevation determination or the determination of a special flood hazard area that shall be reflected in the Flood Insurance Rate Maps. (Sec. 121) Removes the limitation placed upon state or local government contributions for the cost of updating flood maps. (Sec. 122) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), the FEMA Administrator, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the heads of specified federal agencies to: (1) coordinate and share data on flood risk determination and geospatial data; and (2) report to Congress an interagency budget crosscut and coordination report that displays the budget proposed for agencies working on flood risk determination data and digital elevation models, including planned agency transfers, and describes how these efforts complement one another. (Sec. 123) Directs the National Academy of Public Administration to study and report to Congress on how FEMA can: (1) improve interagency coordination on flood mapping, including a funding strategy to leverage and coordinate budgets and expenditures; and (2) establish joint funding mechanisms with other governmental agencies. (Sec. 124) Exempts from certain floor insurance purchase requirements any area located within the 500-year flood plain. (Sec. 125) Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (RESPA) to require that certain public information booklets include the availability of federal flood insurance, regardless of whether the real estate is located in a special flood hazard area. (Sec. 126) Requires the FEMA Administrator, upon state insurance commissioner request, to cause Program representatives to participate in state disaster claims mediation programs. (Sec. 127) Directs the FEMA Administrator to collect additional adjuster estimates for both wind and flood damage with regard to claims payments by private sector companies authorized to participate in the Write Your Own (WYO) program. (The WYO program, part of the National Flood Insurance Program, is a cooperative undertaking of the insurance industry and FEMA which allows participating property and casualty insurance companies to write and service the Standard Flood Insurance Policy in their own names. The companies receive an expense allowance for policies written and claims processed while the federal government retains responsibility for underwriting losses.) (Sec. 128) Requires WYO companies to submit to FEMA biennial expense reports for the prior five years. Requires FEMA to pass them on to the Comptroller General. Requires the Administrator to: (1) develop a methodology for determining amounts to reimburse property and casualty insurance companies participating in the WYO program for selling, writing, and servicing flood insurance policies and adjusting claims; and (2) conduct a rulemaking proceeding to formulate revised reimbursements to WYO companies for their related expenses. Directs the Comptroller General to study the efficacy, adequacy, and sufficiency of such rules. (Sec. 129) Revises requirements for mitigation assistance grants. Specifies grants: (1) to states and communities to carry out mitigation activities that reduce flood damage to severe repetitive loss properties, and (2) to property owners for mitigation activities that reduce flood damage to individual structures for which two or more flood insurance claim payments for losses have been made if neither the state nor community in which such a structure is located has the capacity to manage such grants. Allows a flood risk mitigation plan to be part of a multi-hazard mitigation plan. Restricts the Administrator to approving only mitigation activities that are technically feasible, cost-effective, and in the interest of the National Flood Insurance Fund (NFIF). Eliminates beach nourishment from eligible mitigation activities. Declares to be eligible mitigation activities: (1) elevation, relocation, or floodproofing of utilities; (2) state or community development or update of mitigation plans (as under current law); and (3) technical assistance to certain communities to identify eligible activities, develop grant applications, and implement mitigation grants. Directs the Administrator to consider as an eligible mitigation activity the demolition and rebuilding of properties to at least base flood elevation or greater. Specifies state and community matching requirements for severe repetitive loss structures (0%), repetitive loss structures (10%), and other mitigation activities (25%). Specifies the annual allocation of NFIF amounts for such activities. (Sec. 130) Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, jointly to establish a Flood Protection Structure Accreditation Task Force to develop a process to better align the information and data collected by or for the Corps of Engineers under the Inspection of Completed Works Program with flood protection structure accreditation requirements so that sufficient information and data collected for either purpose can be used interchangeably. (Sec. 131) Requires the Administrator to review and report to Congress on the processes and procedures: (1) for determining that a flood event has commenced or is in progress, (2) for notifying the public about such an event, and (3) about the timing of public notification of flood insurance requirements and availability. Requires the review and report to include the effects and implications that weather conditions have on the determination that a flood event has commenced or is in progress. (Sec. 132) Makes technical amendments to the requirements for additional flood insurance in excess of ordinary limits for residential and commercial properties. (Sec. 133) Prohibits designation as a special flood hazard area, unless certain criteria are met, of any area or community participating in the Program that is: (1) or includes Community Identification Number 360467 and is impacted by the Jamaica Bay flooding source, or (2) Community Identification Number 360495. Requires any such designation to be based on: (1) flood hazard analyses of hydrologic, hydraulic, or coastal flood hazards that have been properly calibrated and validated, and are specific and directly relevant to the geographic area being studied; and (2) ground elevation information of sufficient accuracy and precision to meet FEMA guidelines for accuracy at the 95% confidence level. Requires the Administrator to remap, using compliant information and procedures, any rate map for either area if it has been designated a special flood hazard area on the basis of information that does not comply with these requirements. (Sec. 134) Makes eligible for flood insurance any person residing in a community participating in the Program that has made adequate progress on the reconstruction or improvement of a flood protection system that will afford flood protection for a 100-year floodplain. Limits the risk premium rate for such a person to one that does not exceed the risk premium rate that would be chargeable if the flood protection system had been completed. Specifies criteria for adequate progress. (Sec. 135) Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on: (1) expansion of the Program, (2) pre-FIRM structures receiving discounted premiums, and (3) a review of the three largest FEMA contractors used in administering the Program. (Pre-Flood Insurance Rate Map [pre-FIRM] structures are those that were neither constructed nor substantially improved after the later of December 31, 1974, or the effective date of the initial rate map published under NFIA for the area in which such a structure is located.) (Sec. 136) Requires the Administrator to report to Congress a private market pricing assessment regarding the capacity of the private reinsurance, capital, and financial markets to assist communities, on a voluntary basis, in managing the full range of financial risks associated with flooding by requesting proposals to assume a portion of the insurance risk of the National Flood Insurance Program. Requires the report to describe and assess proposals responding to the request. Authorizes the Administrator to secure reinsurance of flood insurance coverage from the private market, at rates and on terms that are reasonable and appropriate, in an amount sufficient to maintain the Program's ability to pay claims. Requires the Administrator to conduct annual assessments of the Program's ability to pay claims. (Sec. 137) Directs the Comptroller General to study: (1) the availability of additional living expenses and business interruption coverage in the private marketplace for flood insurance, (2) the feasibility of allowing the Program to offer such coverage at the consumer's option, (3) the estimated cost to consumers if the Program priced such optional coverage at true actuarial rates, (4) the impact such optional coverage would have on consumer participation in the Program, and (5) the fiscal impact such optional coverage would have upon the NFIF if it were included in the Program at the price equal to the true actuarial rate. (Sec. 138) Requires each flood insurance policy under the Program, subject to administrative penalty, to state all conditions, exclusions, and other limitations pertaining to coverage, regardless of the underlying insurance product, in plain English, in boldface type, and in a font size that is twice the size of the text of the body of the policy. (Sec. 139) Directs the Administrator to study the impact, effectiveness, and feasibility of amending NFIA to include widely used and nationally recognized building codes as part of the floodplain management criteria developed for land management and use. (Sec. 140) Requires the Administrator also to study methods to: (1) encourage and maintain participation in the Program; (2) educate consumers about the Program and the flood risk associated with their property; (3) establish an affordability framework for the Program, including methods to aid individuals to afford risk-based premiums through targeted assistance rather than generally subsidized rates, including means-tested vouchers. Requires the National Academy of Sciences to submit to the Administrator, with respect to such study, an economic analysis of the costs and benefits to the federal government of a flood insurance program with full risk-based premiums, combined with means-tested federal assistance to aid individuals who cannot afford coverage, through an insurance voucher program. (Sec. 141) Directs the Comptroller General to examine: (1) the factors contributing to the current rates of participation in the Program by Indian tribes and their members, and (2) methods of encouraging such participation. Title II: Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance - Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance Act of 2011 - (Sec. 203) Establishes the Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance to report to Congress on its findings and assessments regarding the risks posed to the United States by natural catastrophes, and means for mitigating those risks and paying for losses caused by such catastrophes. (Sec. 205) Requires the Commission to assess: (1) the condition of the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance markets prior to and in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005, and the four major hurricanes that struck the United States in 2004; (2) the current condition of, as well as the outlook for, the availability and affordability of insurance in all regions of the country; (3) the current ability of states, communities, and individuals to mitigate their natural catastrophe risks, including the affordability and feasibility of such activities; and (4) specified related matters. (Sec. 206) Directs the Commission to report its findings and assessments to certain congressional committees. (Sec. 210) Authorizes appropriations.

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mitigation assistance requires estimate risk premium rates based costs prescribed principles standards practice ratemaking adopted american academy casualty actuarial society increases annual limitation risk premium rate increases properties single risk classification directs administrator provide policyholders required escrow premiums respect premium rate fees flood insurance option paying premiums annually frequent installments sec instructs fema issue final regulations establishing revised definitions special flood hazard areas including residual risk areas subjects areas mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements sec requires adjustment flood insurance risk premium rates reflect current risk flood property located area participating program sec adds new requirement states areas flood insurance available requires states areas satisfactory assurance months enactment act state chartered lending institutions insured federal_deposit_insurance_corporation fdic national_credit_union_administration ncua shall subject state regulations consistent flood disaster protection act sec amends flood disaster protection act increase civil monetary penalty single violation act repeals limitation maximum penalty imposed single regulated lending institution enterprise calendar year sec revises requirement federal entities responsible lending regulation require regulation payment flood insurance premiums mortgage lender deposit escrow account changes property reference real estate mobile home property loan purposes acquisition construction extends requirement state entities responsible lending regulations respect lending institutions supervise requires regulated lending institution final payment mortgage notify policyholder insurance coverage cease final payment flood insurance coverage continued life loan sec prescribes minimum deductibles claims program specified properties specifies minimum annual deductible pre firm properties containing structure constructed substantially improved later december effective date initial rate map published fema administrator pertinent area flood insurance covers structural damage flood insurance covers structural damage greater sets minimum annual deductible post firm properties instance second sec revises requirements fema administrator prescription flood insurance premium rates repeals requirement administrator consult certain entities prescribing rates requires rates addition meeting conditions adequate basis accepted actuarial principles cover average historical loss year obligations incurred national flood insurance fund sec instructs administrator establish treasury national flood insurance reserve fund shall maintain sum total potential loss exposure outstanding flood insurance policies force prior fiscal year higher percentage administrator determines appropriate sec requires funds borrowed fema program include repayment schedule shall transmitted secretary specified congressional committees sec prohibits fema denying payment certain flood insurance claims condominium owners purchased flood insurance separate apart flood insurance purchased condominium association based flood insurance coverage association association overall property sec establishes technical mapping advisory tma council recommend mapping standards guidelines flood insurance rate maps directs council develop recommendations ensure flood insurance rate maps incorporate best available climate science assess flood risks ensure fema uses best available methodology consider impact rise sea level future development flood risk requires fema administrator incorporate future risk assessment updated national_flood_insurance_program rate maps sec requires fema administrator coordination tma council establish ongoing program review update maintenance program rate maps directs administrator work enhance communication outreach states local communities property owners effects potential changes program rate maps result mapping program changes flood insurance purchase requirements engage local communities enhance communication outreach residents effects authorizes appropriations fy2012-fy2016 sec allows appeals local government designation identified special flood hazard area ground designation scientifically technically incorrect sec requires administrator independent scientific resolution panel available community filed timely map appeal completed days consultation fema appeal allowed days longer waiver pass end appeal period received unsatisfactory ruling map revision process requires property owner lessee appealing proposed flood elevation determination submit related scientific technical data appeals scientific resolution panel review requires panel following deliberations issue determination resolving dispute binding recommendations subject judicial review base flood elevation determination determination special flood hazard area shall reflected flood insurance rate maps sec removes limitation placed state local government contributions cost updating flood maps sec directs secretary homeland_security dhs fema administrator director office_of_management_and_budget omb heads specified federal agencies coordinate share data flood risk determination geospatial data report congress interagency budget crosscut coordination report displays budget proposed agencies working flood risk determination data digital elevation models including planned agency transfers describes efforts complement sec directs national_academy_of_public_administration study report congress fema improve interagency coordination flood mapping including funding strategy leverage coordinate budgets expenditures establish joint funding mechanisms governmental agencies sec exempts certain floor insurance purchase requirements area located year flood plain sec amends real_estate_settlement_procedures_act respa require certain public information include availability federal flood insurance regardless real estate located special flood hazard area sec requires fema administrator state insurance commissioner request cause program representatives participate state disaster claims mediation programs sec directs fema administrator collect additional estimates wind flood damage regard claims payments private sector companies authorized participate write program program national_flood_insurance_program cooperative undertaking insurance industry fema allows participating property casualty insurance companies write service standard flood insurance policy names companies receive expense allowance policies written claims processed federal_government retains responsibility underwriting losses sec requires companies submit fema biennial expense reports prior years requires fema pass comptroller_general requires administrator develop methodology determining amounts reimburse property casualty insurance companies participating program selling writing servicing flood insurance policies adjusting claims conduct rulemaking proceeding formulate revised reimbursements companies related expenses directs comptroller_general study efficacy adequacy sufficiency rules sec revises requirements mitigation assistance grants specifies grants states communities carry mitigation activities reduce flood damage severe repetitive loss properties property owners mitigation activities reduce flood damage individual structures flood insurance claim payments losses state community structure located capacity manage grants allows flood risk mitigation plan multi hazard mitigation plan restricts administrator approving mitigation activities technically feasible cost effective interest national flood insurance fund eliminates beach nourishment eligible mitigation activities declares eligible mitigation activities elevation relocation utilities state community development update mitigation plans current law technical assistance certain communities identify eligible activities develop grant applications implement mitigation grants directs administrator consider eligible mitigation activity demolition rebuilding properties base flood elevation greater specifies state community matching requirements severe repetitive loss structures repetitive loss structures mitigation activities specifies annual allocation amounts activities sec directs administrator secretary army acting chief_of_engineers jointly establish flood protection structure accreditation task_force develop process better align information data collected corps_of_engineers inspection completed works program flood protection structure accreditation requirements sufficient information data collected purpose sec requires administrator review report congress processes procedures determining flood event commenced progress notifying public event timing public notification flood insurance requirements availability requires review report include effects implications weather conditions determination flood event commenced progress sec makes technical amendments requirements additional flood insurance excess ordinary limits residential commercial properties sec prohibits designation special flood hazard area certain criteria met area community participating program includes community identification number impacted bay flooding source community identification number requires designation based flood hazard analyses hydrologic hydraulic coastal flood hazards properly validated specific directly relevant geographic area studied ground elevation information sufficient accuracy precision meet fema guidelines accuracy confidence level requires administrator compliant information procedures rate map area designated special flood hazard area basis information comply requirements sec makes eligible flood insurance person residing community participating program adequate progress reconstruction improvement flood protection system afford flood protection year floodplain limits risk premium rate person exceed risk premium rate flood protection system completed specifies criteria adequate progress sec requires comptroller_general report congress expansion program pre firm structures receiving discounted premiums review largest fema contractors administering program pre flood insurance rate map pre firm structures constructed substantially improved later december effective date initial rate map published area structure located sec requires administrator report congress private market pricing assessment capacity private reinsurance capital financial markets assist communities voluntary basis managing range financial risks associated flooding requesting proposals assume portion insurance risk national_flood_insurance_program requires report describe assess proposals responding request authorizes administrator secure reinsurance flood insurance coverage private market rates terms reasonable appropriate sufficient maintain program ability pay claims requires administrator conduct annual assessments program ability pay claims sec directs comptroller_general study availability additional living expenses business interruption coverage private marketplace flood insurance feasibility allowing program offer coverage consumer option estimated cost consumers program priced optional coverage true actuarial rates impact optional coverage consumer participation program fiscal impact optional coverage included program price equal true actuarial rate sec requires flood insurance policy program subject administrative penalty state conditions exclusions limitations pertaining coverage regardless underlying insurance product plain english type font size twice size text body policy sec directs administrator study impact effectiveness feasibility amending include widely nationally recognized building codes floodplain management criteria developed land management use sec requires administrator study methods encourage maintain participation program educate consumers program flood risk associated property establish affordability framework program including methods aid individuals afford risk based premiums targeted assistance generally subsidized rates including means tested vouchers requires national_academy_of_sciences submit administrator respect study economic analysis costs benefits federal_government flood insurance program risk based premiums combined means tested federal assistance aid individuals afford coverage insurance voucher program sec directs comptroller_general examine factors contributing current rates participation program indian tribes members methods encouraging participation title commission natural catastrophe risk management insurance commission natural catastrophe risk management insurance act sec establishes_the_commission natural catastrophe risk management insurance report congress findings assessments risks posed united_states natural means mitigating risks paying losses caused sec requires commission assess condition property casualty insurance reinsurance markets prior hurricanes katrina rita wilma major hurricanes united_states current condition outlook availability affordability insurance regions country current ability states communities individuals mitigate natural catastrophe risks including affordability feasibility activities specified related matters sec directs commission report findings assessments certain congressional committees sec authorizes appropriations


Summary: Redundant Remapping Reform Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from updating or publishing a National Flood Insurance Program rate map during a covered period with respect to an area protected by a levee that is undergoing accreditation, planning, construction, or rehabilitation. Instructs the Administrator to publish a notice to be used by owners of qualified levees to disclose to persons affected by such levees. Requires owners of qualified levees to provide such notice to each person identified as affected by the qualified levee.

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Summary: Preparedness and Resilience Foundation Act - Establishes the Preparedness and Resilience Foundation as a nonprofit, private corporation to support and carry out activities that: (1) promote the resilience of individuals, communities, structures, and systems against natural disasters and terrorist attacks and other human caused disasters; and (2) build and sustain capabilities of the public, private, and civic sectors to work together to prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all such hazards. Directs the Foundation to establish an Endowment Fund for providing endowments for positions that are associated with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and dedicated to the Foundation's purpose. Includes among Foundation activities providing for: (1) fellowship programs among state, local, and tribal officials to work and study in association with each other and FEMA or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (2) international exchange programs for voluntary or reciprocal service by officials engaged in preparedness or resilience activities; and (3) programs to improve the collection and analysis of data on preparedness and resilience programs, practices, activities, and events. Authorizes the FEMA Administrator to: (1) accept any gift or devise of property and any voluntary service provided by the Foundation for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of FEMA; and (2) provide to the Foundation facilities, utilities, and support services as determined to be advantageous to FEMA or DHS programs. Establishes a committee to incorporate, provide for initial operation of, and appoint the initial Board of Directors of, the Foundation.

preparedness resilience foundation act establishes preparedness resilience foundation nonprofit private corporation support carry activities promote resilience individuals communities structures systems natural disasters terrorist attacks human caused disasters build sustain capabilities public private civic sectors work prepare prevent protect respond recover mitigate hazards directs foundation establish endowment fund providing endowments positions associated federal_emergency_management_agency fema dedicated foundation purpose includes foundation activities providing fellowship programs state local tribal officials work study association fema department_of_homeland_security dhs international exchange programs voluntary reciprocal service officials engaged preparedness resilience activities programs improve collection analysis data preparedness resilience programs practices activities events authorizes fema administrator accept gift devise property voluntary service provided foundation purpose aiding facilitating work fema provide foundation facilities utilities support services determined advantageous fema dhs programs establishes committee incorporate provide initial operation appoint initial board_of_directors foundation


Summary: National Forest Emergency Response Act - Declares that the fire hazard and human endangerment in national forests to be designated by the Secretary of Agriculture constitute emergency circumstances. Directs the Secretary to designate (for up to 10 years) at least one national forest in each state that is experiencing conditions that constitute emergency circumstances due to pine beetle infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage and the resulting imminent risk of devastating wildfire that poses significant threat to the economic stability of surrounding areas and the health, safety, and well-being of residents, firefighters, and visitors. Makes provisions of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act regarding hazardous fuel reduction on federal land (including environmental analysis requirements, the special administrative review process, and the judicial review process) applicable to all Forest Service projects and activities implementing the land and resource management plan developed for the designated national forests during the term of the emergency circumstances, subject to specified modifications by the Secretary. Requires a project conducted in a designated national forest under this Act that comprises less than 10,000 acres (with exceptions, including components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, any federal land on which the removal of vegetation is restricted or prohibited by Act of Congress or presidential proclamation, or a congressionally designated wilderness study area) to be considered an action categorically excluded from the requirements for an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement. Prohibits a U.S. court from issuing any restraining order, preliminary injunction, or injunction pending appeal regarding any decision to engage in remedial action or to prepare, advertise, offer, award, or operate a timber sale in a designated forest. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with a state forester to provide forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services on national forest system land in that state.

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Summary: Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Chief Executive of an affected Indian tribal government (the person recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as the chief elected administrative officer of that government) to submit a request for a declaration by the President that, consistent with requirements of that Act, a major disaster or an emergency exists. Provides that: (1) in implementing assistance authorized by the President in response to such requests, references to "state" and "governor" shall mean "Indian tribal government" (the governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994) and the Chief Executive of an affected Indian tribal government; and (2) nothing in this Act shall prohibit a tribal government from receiving such assistance through a presidential declaration at the request of a state if the President does not make a declaration under this Act for the same incident. Allows any non-federal contribution required to be paid by an Indian tribal government under such Act to be adjusted or waived in accordance with criteria established by the President. Directs the President, in promulgating regulations to carry out this Act, to consider unique conditions that affect the general welfare of the affected federally recognized Indian tribe.

amends robert stafford disaster relief emergency assistance_act authorize chief executive affected indian tribal government person recognized secretary interior chief elected administrative officer government submit request declaration president consistent requirements act major disaster emergency exists provides implementing assistance authorized president response requests references state governor shall mean indian tribal government governing body indian alaska_native tribe band nation pueblo village community secretary acknowledges exist indian tribe federally recognized indian tribe list act chief executive affected indian tribal government act shall prohibit tribal government receiving assistance presidential declaration request state president declaration act incident allows non federal contribution required paid indian tribal government act adjusted waived accordance criteria established president directs president promulgating regulations carry act consider unique conditions affect general welfare affected federally recognized indian tribe


Summary: Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2012 - Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to amend the rules concerning the factors FEMA considers when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the need for public assistance: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to the estimated cost of the assistance (10%), localized impacts (40%), insurance coverage in force (10%), hazard mitigation (10%), recent multiple disasters (10%), programs of other federal assistance (10%), and economic circumstances (10%); and (2) FEMA shall consider the economic circumstances of both the local economy of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate) and the state economy (including the unemployment rate). Requires such rules to provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the severity, magnitude, and impact of the disaster and the evaluation of the need for assistance to individuals: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to concentration of damages (20%), trauma (20%), special populations (20%), voluntary agency assistance (10%), insurance (20%), average amount of individual assistance by state (5%), and economic considerations (5%); and (2) FEMA shall consider the economic circumstances of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate).

fairness federal disaster declarations act requires administrator federal_emergency_management_agency fema amend rules concerning factors fema considers evaluating governor request major disaster declaration provide respect evaluation need public assistance specific weighted valuations shall assigned estimated cost assistance impacts insurance coverage force hazard mitigation recent multiple disasters programs federal assistance economic circumstances fema shall consider economic circumstances local economy affected area including local tax base local sales tax median income poverty rate state economy including unemployment rate requires rules provide respect evaluation severity magnitude impact disaster evaluation need assistance individuals specific weighted valuations shall assigned concentration damages trauma special populations voluntary agency assistance insurance average individual assistance state economic considerations fema shall consider economic circumstances affected area including local tax base local sales tax median income poverty rate


Summary: Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program from September 30, 2011, through December 31, 2012. Continues through December 31, 2012, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, to issue up to $20.725 billion in notes and obligations to finance the Program.

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Summary: Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program from September 30, 2011, through June 30, 2012. Continues through June 30, 2012, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, to issue up to $20.725 billion in notes and obligations to finance the Program.

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Summary: Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program from September 30, 2011, through July 31, 2012. Continues through July 31, 2012, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, to issue up to $20.725 billion in notes and obligations to finance the Program.

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Summary: Irene and Lee Tax Relief Storm Recovery Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an increase in 2012, 2013, and 2014 of the amount of the low-income housing tax credit that may be allocated in states containing counties covered by the natural disaster declaration of the Secretary of Agriculture in 2011 due to damage from Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee.

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Summary: Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to exempt from the statutory 30-day waiting period for a new contract for flood insurance coverage the initial purchase of flood insurance coverage for private property if: (1) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) determines that the property is subject to elevated risk of flood due to wildfire on federal land, and (2) such coverage was purchased within 60 days after the fire containment date relating to the wildfire that caused the post-wildfire conditions.

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Summary: Investment Savings Access After Catastrophes Act of 2012 - Defines "Hurricane Isaac disaster area" for purposes of this Act as any parish or county of Louisiana or Mississippi in an area in which a major disaster has been declared before September 10, 2012, under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by reason of Hurricane Isaac. Provides for tax preferences in the Hurricane Isaac disaster area, including: (1) suspension of limitations on the tax deduction for personal casualty losses, (2) an extension of the carryback period for net operating losses, and (3) tax-free distributions from a retirement plan made on or after August 26, 2012, and before September 11, 2014, to an individual whose principal place of abode on August 26, 2012, was located in the Hurricane Isaac disaster area and who sustained an economic loss due to Hurricane Isaac. Rescinds unobligated funds in an amount equal to the reduction in revenues resulting from the enactment of this Act.

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Summary: Superstorm Sandy Unemployment Relief Act of 2012 - Directs the President, in the case of an individual eligible to receive unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of the disaster declaration made for Hurricane Sandy after October 20, 2012, to make such assistance available for 39 weeks after the date of the declaration (currently limited to 26 weeks). Requires the payments to a state to equal 100% of the amount of unemployment compensation paid under state law to affected individuals in each affected state or any area within it. Makes payments available until July 23, 2013. Makes appropriations necessary to carry out this Act.

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Summary: Provides assistance, from Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated, for watersheds adversely affected by qualifying natural disasters.

provides assistance treasury funds appropriated watersheds adversely affected qualifying natural disasters


Summary: Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to apply escrow requirements for flood insurance payments to residential improved real estate or a mobile home (currently, such requirements apply to improved real estate or a mobile home).

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Summary: Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act or the STRONG Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish and chair an interagency working group with cabinet-level representation from all relevant federal agencies in order to: (1) provide a strategic vision of extreme weather resilience; (2) conduct a gap and overlap analysis of federal agencies' current and planned activities related to achieving short- and long-term resilience to extreme weather and its impacts on the United States, such as flooding and drought; and (3) develop a National Extreme Weather Resilience Plan. Requires the Plan to include the establishment of an online, publicly available information clearinghouse to be used by federal agencies and other stakeholders to inform resilience-enhancing efforts and to build off and complement existing federal efforts. Provides for a coordinating entity to establish and maintain such clearinghouse. Requires such coordinating entity to coordinate the implementation of the Plan and to track its progress. Requires the submission of specified reports.

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Summary: Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the National Flood Insurance Program from September 30, 2011, through May 31, 2012. Continues through May 31, 2012, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, to issue up to $20.725 billion in notes and obligations to finance the Program. Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 to repeal the termination of such authority as of November 18, 2011.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to increase from $20.725 billion to $30.425 billion the total amount of notes and obligations (federal borrowing authority) which may be issued by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with the President's approval, for the National Flood Insurance program.

 Designates such increase as an emergency requirement under the the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

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