To establish a Federal standard in order to improve the Nation's resilience to current and future flood risk.
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Latest Action · June 11, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The Federal Flood Risk Management Act of 2026 establishes a new federal standard requiring that flood-prone projects funded by the federal government be built to higher elevation levels than current minimum standards to better protect communities and federal assets against increasingly severe flooding. The legislation endorses a flexible framework—the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard—that balances environmental, economic, and national security concerns while giving federal agencies and project applicants some discretion in implementation. Within one year of passage, federal agencies must report to the Council on Environmental Quality how the new requirements affect their operations, and the Water Resources Council must then conduct biennial reviews of agency compliance and report to Congress. The bill also streamlines project approval by allowing eligible applicants who are already handling environmental reviews under existing law to consolidate these responsibilities with federal flood risk management oversight. Overall, the Act aims to improve the resilience of communities and federally funded projects to current and future flood risks.
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