House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2006
Sponsor: Rep. Richard Baker R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2006
- Committee actionApr 6, 2006
- Passed HouseJun 27, 2006 · 416–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2006 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 501.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4973.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4973, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2006” on April 4, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 16, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17710
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4973, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
237f42d1678a8caf0f8205a59c02340886b5eedf59911d7959f764968a9436a0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4973, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2006” on April 4, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 16, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17710
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4973, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
237f42d1678a8caf0f8205a59c02340886b5eedf59911d7959f764968a9436a0
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-410 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on April 6, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 6, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/410
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4973, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
237f42d1678a8caf0f8205a59c02340886b5eedf59911d7959f764968a9436a0
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Baker.
- H.R. 804 (109th) To exclude from consideration as income certain payments under the national flood insurance program.
- H.R. 6121 (109th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a program relating to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1461 (109th) Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005
- H.R. 3945 (109th) Hurricane Katrina Financial Services Relief Act of 2005
- H.R. 3895 (109th) Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005
- H.R. 3896 (109th) Hurricane Katrina Emergency Relief CDBG Flexibility Act of 2005
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.