# 115-hr-5846: Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act

115-hr-5846, Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5846
- Congress: 115
- Title: Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Introduced: 2018-05-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Act This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study to assess: (1) the efficacy of practices or programs under which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides assistance to state and local governments to acquire flood-damaged properties (buyout practices), and (2) ways to streamline the buyout practices. The study must consider and analyze certain factors, such as current and future trends regarding repetitive loss structures that are insured under the National Flood Insurance Program and constraints on buyout practices. The GAO shall submit to specified congressional committees and FEMA a report on the buyout practices study and the feasibility of FEMA establishing an alternative buyout program.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1] (R-SC), 2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2018-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-1057: STOP Act of 2017
- 115-hr-5911: Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act
- 115-hr-5879: Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 115-hr-4547: Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018
- 115-hr-4143: Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017

## Sources
- [115-hr-5846 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5846)

## Related
- [115-hr-1057: STOP Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-1057)
- [115-hr-5911: Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5911)
- [115-hr-5879: Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5879)
- [115-hr-5499: Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5499)
- [115-hr-4547: Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4547)
- [115-hr-4143: Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4143)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5846 (as of 2025-11-18).