WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today asked the Senate Banking Committee to include in its bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) a provision that would require that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to delay flood insurance purchase requirements for communities – like Metro East, Illinois – already spending significant resources to improve their flood control infrastructure. Recently, the House of Representatives passed its version of a bill to reauthorize the NFIP which included a five-year delay of the requirement to purchase flood insurance.
