Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.3121 Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2008

Statement of Senator Barack Obama on the Flood Insurance Reform ...

2008-05-14T20:00:00Z

... Barack Obama today released the following statement on the Senate's passage of the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 (HR 3121). ...

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Adding Wind Coverage to Federal Flood Insurance Invites Trade-Offs ...

2008-05-05T20:00:00Z

HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, would create a combined federal insurance program with coverage for both wind and flood ...

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Windstorm Coverage Widely Available, Federal Involvement Unnecessary

2008-04-21T20:00:00Z

PCI asks the US Senate not to add wind insurance to the flood program (as proposed within HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act) because ...

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Thomas A. Schatz: National flood insurance is about to get even ...

2008-01-16T19:00:00Z

Rather than resolving that question, the House of Representatives made the program more complex and more expensive by approving HR 3121, which would use ...

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PCI Supports Proposals in Senate TRIA, Flood Bills

2007-10-17T20:00:00Z

... Insurance Program (NFIP) without adding wind coverage, a financially burdensome proposal included in the legislation that passed the House (HR 3121). ...

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Illinois: Costello and Shimkus act on redrawing flood plain mapping

2007-10-05T20:00:00Z

... of flood plain maps by the Federal Emergency Management Agency under HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform & Modernization Act, sponsored by US Rep. ...

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Cochran, Lott voice support for flood bill

2007-10-02T20:00:00Z

Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, in the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, HR 3121, approved by the House Thursday: "We have got to come up ...

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Legislative Update: Wind Damage Provision in Flood Insurance Overhaul

2007-10-01T20:00:00Z

Helicopter Association International continues to closely monitor legislative activity in Congress concerning the flood insurance overhaul (HR 3121) passed ...

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CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK

2007-09-30T20:00:00Z

Gene Taylor's Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act. "I support HR 3121." said Chaney." "Today, I am again calling on our delegation in Washington to ...

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Washington roll call: How Upstate legislators voted

2007-09-30T20:00:00Z

27 sent the Senate a bill (HR 3121) to renew the National Flood Insurance Program and expand it by raising overall coverage limits and adding coverage for ...

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Thomas Voting Reports

2007-09-29T20:00:00Z

27 sent the Senate a bill (HR 3121) to renew the National Flood Insurance Program and expand it by raising overall coverage limits and adding coverage for ...

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MAPPS Praises House Passage of FIRM Act

2007-09-28T20:00:00Z

During House consideration of HR 3121, an amendment by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, was adopted by voice vote. ...

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PIA National Says Senate Should Remove Wind Coverage From Flood ...

2007-09-27T20:00:00Z

28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) said a provision of a flood insurance reform bill (HR 3121) ...

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PCI Opposes Inclusion of Wind Coverage in Flood Bill

2007-09-27T20:00:00Z

... language from HR 920, the Multiple Peril Insurance Act, within a larger flood reform bill, HR 3121, which passed the House of Representatives Thursday. ...

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Academy of Actuaries Opposes Wind Addition to National Flood ...

2007-09-27T20:00:00Z

John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, Mathewson identified "several financial and other issues" that public policymakers should consider when assessing HR 3121. ...

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Realtors(R) Support Flood Insurance Reform Bill

2007-09-26T20:00:00Z

The Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, HR 3121, will help homeowners, renters and commercial property owners continue to protect ...

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Pelosi: House Passes Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act ...

2007-09-26T20:00:00Z

27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the House approved HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, by a vote of 263-146. ...

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Realtors(R) Support Flood Insurance Reform Bill

2007-09-26T20:00:00Z

The Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, HR 3121, will help homeowners, renters and commercial property owners continue to protect ...

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Fixing Flood Insurance Before the Next Disaster: House Bill Takes ...

2007-09-26T20:00:00Z

The House of Representatives is about to consider a bill, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act (HR 3121), that combines higher flood insurance ...

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Insurance bill up for vote

2007-09-24T20:00:00Z

By MARIA RECIO Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007 Here are the key features of HR 3121: Increases the amount FEMA can raise policy rates ...

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Federal help sought for coastal insurance problem

2007-09-24T20:00:00Z

HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, which includes the text of Rep. Gene Taylor's Multiple Peril Insurance Act, is expected to be ...

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National Flood Insurance Program up for Vote

2007-09-24T20:00:00Z

The legislation under consideration this week is HR 3121 Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007. This resolution extends the program for 5 ...

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Horror stories told

2007-08-13T20:00:00Z

The Waters bill, HR 3121, is being hotly contested by the insurance industry, but was passed by the House Financial Services Committee on July 26. ...

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New thinking on insurance

2007-08-04T20:00:00Z

The bill, HR 3121, has been approved by the House Financial Services Committee and also could end disputes about whether hurricane damage was caused by wind ...

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NAMIC Criticizes Wind Coverage Inclusion in Otherwise Strong Flood ...

2007-07-26T20:00:00Z

The legislation, HR 3121, the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, would increase the NFIP’s borrowing authority to enable it to pay those ...

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Insurers Balk as House Panel Votes to Add Wind Coverage to Flood ...

2007-07-26T20:00:00Z

The measure approved by the House Financial Services Committee is HR 3121, the "Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007," which also includes ...

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