FLOODS Act

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Status Signed into Law
Sponsor Roger Wicker
Citation 117-S-558
Actions 18
Introduced Mar 3rd, 2021
Cosponsors
2 1
Last Action Dec 27th, 2022
Policy Area
Introduced Senate Mar 3
Senate Passed Sep 30
House Passed Dec 14
President Presented Dec 23
Enacted Signed into Law Dec 27

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Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act or the FLOODS Act This act addresses forecasting and the communication of flood, tornado, and hurricane events by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). For example, the act directs NOAA to establish a National Integrated Flood Information System to inform and provide for timely decisions to reduce flood-related effects and costs. NOAA must also establish partnerships with institutions of higher education and federal agencies to improve total water predictions. In addition, NOAA must (1) evaluate and improve flash flood watches and warnings, (2) estimate and communicate the frequency of precipitation, and (3) identify gaps in the availability of snow-related data to assess and predict floods and flood impacts. Further, NOAA must ensure that the tornado warning improvement and extension program periodically examines the value of incorporating innovative observations, such as acoustic or infrasonic measurements, observations from phased array radars, and observations from mesonets (i.e., a network of certain weather observing stations). In addition, the National Weather Service must designate a service coordination hydrologist at each of its River Forecast Centers to increase impact-based decision support services at the state and local level. Finally, the act establishes an Interagency Committee on Water Management and Infrastructure to ensure that federal agencies that engage in water-related matters work together where such agencies have joint or overlapping responsibilities.

Actions

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Senate House Executive
INTRODUCED
INTRODUCED
Mar 3, 2021
ON FLOOR
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ORDERED TO REPORT
Apr 28, 2021
COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT
Sep 30, 2021
ON FLOOR
LAID BEFORE CHAMBER BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT
ON FLOOR
VOTE
PASSAGE
PASSED SENATE
MESSAGE SENATE SENT TO HOUSE
Oct 1, 2021
RECEIVED IN CHAMBER
RECEIVED IN CHAMBER
RECEIVED IN CHAMBER
HELD AT DESK
ON FLOOR
MOTION
SUSPEND RULES BILL
Dec 12, 2022
ON FLOOR
CONSIDERATION UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES
ON FLOOR
DEBATE
ON FLOOR
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS DEMAND FOR YEAS AND NAYS
ON FLOOR
PURSUANT RULE VACATED PROCEEDINGS
Dec 14, 2022
ON FLOOR
VOTE
PASSAGE
WITH PRESIDENT
PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT
Dec 23, 2022
ENACTED
SIGNED
Dec 27, 2022
ENACTED
LAW REGISTERED
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Amendments

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Amendment flow 1 merged from 1 voted amendments 1 terminal · 0 pending · 0 grouped below
1 passed 0 failed 0 ended
SAMDT 3840 Merged
Sep 30, 2021 Full page
In the nature of a substitute.
Sponsor Roger Wicker Republican
Voted amendment Accepted into the bill text passed · amendment passage