H.R. 10120: National Flood Impact Reduction and Resilience Act of 2026

This bill would create a new federal program focused on reducing damage from floods and making communities more resilient to flooding.

What the program would do

The bill sets up a National Flood Impact Reduction and Resilience Program to help reduce deaths, injuries, and property losses from floods. It would bring together federal agencies, state and local governments, universities, private industry, and other experts to better understand flood risks and to develop ways to lessen their impact.

Main activities

• Develop methods to reduce flood damage and improve resilience.
• Encourage governments, standards groups, builders, architects, engineers, and infrastructure owners to use flood-resistant practices.
• Support this work through grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance.
• Create or update standards, guidelines, and voluntary building codes related to floodplain management and flood-resistant design.
• Maintain a centralized repository of information on flood risk, mitigation options, nature-based solutions, and community resilience.
• Publish maps and other data showing flood vulnerability, floodplains, past flood events, flood forecasts, and related hazards.
• Support interdisciplinary research on how floods affect communities, buildings, and critical infrastructure.

Federal coordination

The bill would establish an interagency committee led by the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers. The committee would include representatives from FEMA, NIST, the U.S. Geological Survey, NOAA, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of Management and Budget, and other agencies the chair considers appropriate.

This committee would be responsible for overseeing the program, including:

• Setting goals and priorities and updating a management plan.
• Preparing a coordinated federal budget for flood resilience activities.
• Creating agreements between agencies for data sharing and resource coordination during flood disasters.

Advisory committee

The bill would also create an advisory committee with at least 11 members. These members would come from academia, industry standards organizations, state and local governments, and financial communities, and would advise the federal government on flood resilience efforts. The committee would review trends in flood science and engineering, evaluate how well the program is working, and suggest changes if needed.

Budget and reporting

Each participating federal agency would have to explain how its budget request relates to the flood program and how much money is going to each part of it. The coordinating committee would help prepare an annual program budget for submission to the Office of Management and Budget.

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