ASFPM Comments on Federal Activities
ASFPM is often asked to provide testimony to congressional committees. We also write letters or sign on to partner letters directed at legislators on key committees. Over the last months, ASFPM has provided testimony on the following issues over the current legislative session.
Annual Legislative Activities
ASFPM Seeks Farm Bill Improvements to Boost Resilience of Ag Communities
ASFPM would like to see investments in proactive voluntary measures to restore and maintain the function of floodplains to reduce flood risk in farm communities
ASFPM Comments on USACE Proposed Rules for Agency Specific Procedures for PR&G
Many believe these rules are coming at just the right time to help communities meet a host of significant challenges in managing, using, and conserving water.
Legislative and Policy Priorities for Calendar Year 2024
From Atlas 14/15 to WRDA, the ASFPM outlines its key legislative and policy priorities for 2024.
ASFPM’s Detailed Priorities for FY2024 NFIP Reauthorization and Reform
ASFPM priorities address flood risk mapping, flood insurance, floodplain management, and flood mitigation, and the changes necessary to strengthen the NFIP.
ASFPM Submits Comments in Support of FFRMS Updates
ASFPM appreciates that the draft rule explicitly recognizes and requires projects to comply with higher state or local floodplain management standards.
ASFPM Makes Case for FEMA Flood Map Funding in Letter to OMB
It is imperative that other competing priorities do not divert resources from the flood mapping program.
Activities
- Annual Legislative Activities
- ASFPM in the News
- ASFPM Updates
- Atlas 14
- CFM Corner
- Climate Change
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- FEMA News
- Flood Maps in a Changing Climate
- Flood Mitigation
- Floodplain Mapping Funding
- From the Director’s Desk
- Nature-based Approaches
- News & Views
- NFIP Reauthorization
- Outside Witness Testimony
- Policy Matters
- Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019, HR 3702 (CDBG-DR)
- Research & Reports
- Stormwater Management
- Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)
- What's New