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LA HR345
Resolution
Status
6/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Willard
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AI Summary
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Urges U.S. Congress to create federal disaster insurance coverage for flooding, tornadoes, fires, and other disasters affecting states
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Recommends modeling the program after the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), expanding it to cover hurricanes, fires, and other disaster types
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Cites 106 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters affecting Louisiana from 1980-2025, with Hurricanes Katrina ($170B), Sandy ($74B), Harvey ($131B), and Irma ($52B) among the costliest nationally
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Notes annual U.S. flooding costs estimated between $180-496 billion in 2023, and over 19,000 wildfires burning 881,000 acres since January 2025
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Directs transmission of the resolution to Congress and all members of the Louisiana congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Memorializes Congress to establish federal disaster insurance
INSURANCE
Last Action
Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
6/11/2025