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Senators Oppose Flood Coverage Revision; FIO Calls For Comments On Insurance Issues

Two Gulf-Coast senators are seeking to remove a Senate flood-insurance legislation provision requiring flood coverage in areas already protected by levees, dams or other flood-control structures.

By Arthur D. Postal | Updated on October 20, 2011

Two Gulf-Coast senators are seeking to remove a Senate flood-insurance legislation provision requiring flood coverage in areas already protected by levees, dams or other flood-control structures.

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and Mark Pryor, D-Ark., have announced that they are seeking to have Sec. 107 removed from a bill that was reported out of the Senate Banking Committee Sept. 8. This section would expand required insurance coverage to “areas of residual risk” that are located behind levees, near dams or other flood-control structures.

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