Midwest Flooding Disaster: Rethinking Federal Flood Insurance?
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This report examines the impact of the 2008 Midwest floods on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in the context of congressional efforts to reauthorize and modify the program before its authorization expires on September 30, 2008. The report begins with an assessment of the risk of flooding in the United States and why Congress might move to rethink the current multifaceted approach to federal flood insurance. The report concludes with lessons learned from the 1993 and 2008 Midwest floods, and an analysis of the NFIP's current financial conditions and major policy issues, as well as a summary of legislative …
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Description
This report examines the impact of the 2008 Midwest floods on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in the context of congressional efforts to reauthorize and modify the program before its authorization expires on September 30, 2008. The report begins with an assessment of the risk of flooding in the United States and why Congress might move to rethink the current multifaceted approach to federal flood insurance. The report concludes with lessons learned from the 1993 and 2008 Midwest floods, and an analysis of the NFIP's current financial conditions and major policy issues, as well as a summary of legislative proposals pending before the 110th Congress.
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King, Rawle O.Midwest Flooding Disaster: Rethinking Federal Flood Insurance?,
report,
August 11, 2008;
Washington D.C..
(https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc461999/:
accessed April 26, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu;
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