Bill Sponsor
House Bill 7388
115th Congress(2017-2018)
National Flood Insurance Program Competition and Extension Act of 2018
Active
Active
Failed House on Dec 21, 2018
Overview
Text
Introduced
Dec 21, 2018
Latest Action
Dec 21, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
7388
Congress
115
Policy Area
Finance and Financial Sector
Finance and Financial Sector
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
New Jersey
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
Failed on December 21, 2018
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Status
Failed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
497
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

National Flood Insurance Program Competition and Extension Act of 2018

This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program through May 31, 2019. The bill shall take effect as if it had been enacted on December 21, 2018.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must allow a Write Your Own company to sell private flood insurance. (A Write Your Own company writes and services federal standard flood insurance policies in its own name.)

Text (1)
December 21, 2018
Actions (9)
12/21/2018
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 148 - 226 (Roll no. 497). (text: CR H10560-10566)
12/21/2018
Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 148 - 226 (Roll no. 497).(text: CR H10560-10566)
12/21/2018
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10580)
12/21/2018
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
12/21/2018
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7388.
12/21/2018
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10567-10569)
12/21/2018
Mr. Hensarling moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
12/21/2018
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
12/21/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:40:45 PM