Restoring America’s Floodplains Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7264 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7264 To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for floodplain easement restoration and management, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 27, 2026 Mr. Messmer (for himself and Mr. Vasquez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for floodplain easement restoration and management, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring America's Floodplains Act''. SEC. 2. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROGRAM FLOODPLAIN EASEMENT RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT. (a) Floodplain Easements.--Section 403(b) of the Agricultural Credit A…