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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on May 24, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to extend the National Flood Insurance Program, including its funding, through July 31, 2012.
Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from estimating subsidized flood insurance premium rates for any residential property which is not the primary residence of an individual (such as a vacation home or second home).
Increases by 25% each year the chargeable risk premium rate for flood insurance for residential property which is not the primary residence of an individual until the average risk premium rate for such property is equal to the average of the risk premium rates for any properties within any single risk classification.
Declares July 1, 2012, the effective date for the first such increase.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5740 as public Law on May 31, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House May 17, 2012
To extend the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes
Passed · Two-thirds required
402 Yea 18 Nay 11 not voting
Crossed both parties 18 of 420 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat, 17 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5740 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 5740 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
36 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.