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 Makes Recommendations for Improving the Community Rating System
In its response, ASFPM identified the major issues that we feel need to be addressed in order to strengthen the CRS program and offered recommendations for each.
Coalition Urges Congress to Double Investment in Farm Bill Conservation Programs
Broad and diverse coalition points to popular and effective Farm Bill conservation programs as a key path to giving farmers a role in tackling climate change while also benefiting rural…
ASFPM Responds to FEMA’s RFI on Program Equity
ASFPM has submitted comments in response to FEMA’s Request for Information (RFI) related to the agency’s efforts on equity and environmental justice.
ASFPM Among Those Asking Congress to Increase Flood Map Funds for FEMA
In joint letters to both the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, ASFPM joined like-minded organizations in requesting a significant increase in funding for FEMA’s flood risk mapping program in FY…
ASFPM Adds Name to Letter Urging Reinstatement of CBRA Protections
ASFPM was among the more than 30 organizations that signed onto a letter to the Department of the Interior urging the reinstatement the Coastal Barrier Resources Act’s (CBRA) protections against…
Berginnis Testifies at NFIP Reauthorization Hearing, Makes the Case for Transformative Reform
In a Senate Committee hearing, Berginnis provided testimony on the importance of NFIP to helping families and communities become more resilient to flooding and offered recommendations on how it can…
Activities
- Annual Legislative Activities
- ASFPM in the News
- ASFPM Updates
- Atlas 14
- CFM Corner
- Climate Change
- FEMA News
- Flood Maps in a Changing Climate
- Flood Mitigation
- Floodplain Mapping Funding
- From the Director’s Desk
- Improving Flood Risk Management
- Infrastructure Resiliency
- Nature-based Approaches
- News & Views
- NFIP Reauthorization
- NFIP Reauthorization
- Outside Witness Testimony
- Policy Matters
- Pre- and Post-Disaster
- Pre-and Post-Disaster Mitigation
- Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019, HR 3702 (CDBG-DR)
- Research & Reports
- Stormwater Management
- Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)
- What's New
- WRDA