Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Community Empowerment for Mitigated Properties Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue guidance regarding a buy-out or the acquisition of property for open space as a mitigation measure under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which shall include: a process by which the state hazard mitigation officer appointed for such a buy-out or acquisition shall, within 60 days after an applicant for assistance enters into the buy-out or acquisition agreement, provide written notification to each affected local government that includes the location and a description of the buy-out or acquisition, the state-local assistance agreement for the hazard mitigation grant program, and a copy of the model deed restriction; and recommendations for entering into and implementing a memorandum of understanding between local governments and covered entities that allows an affected local government to use and maintain the open space created by such a project, consistent with all adjoining property and subject to the notification of the adjoining property, as long as the maintenance cost is borne by the local government, and to ma…