H. R. 2774

Safeguarding Our Levees Act

Shown here: Introduced in House (2025-04-09)

To amend section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 to impose a deadline for initiating the repair or restoration of project under such section, and for other purposes.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Safeguarding Our Levees Act”.

2. Emergency response to natural disasters

Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n(a)) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:

(6) Deadline
Not later than 180 days after receiving from a non-Federal sponsor of a project a request to repair or rehabilitate a flood control work described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall initiate the repair or restoration of such flood control work.

(2) in subsection (d)(2) by inserting “25 percent of” before “the difference”.

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