Nexsen Pruet | USA | 11 Oct 2019
Legislators returned to Raleigh for what ended up being a slow week. Both chambers continued to advance stand-alone budget bills that contained…
Venable LLP | USA | 28 Feb 2018
This article provides an overview of several legal developments in the past month that may affect government contractor…
Squire Patton Boggs | USA | 13 Mar 2017
The House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committees last week advanced various pieces of legislation, including bills that would extend to…
Dentons | USA | 3 Feb 2014
On January 30, 2014, the US Senate passed S.1926, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, on a vote of 67-32. Support for this bill included…
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 30 Sep 2011
As fiscal year (FY) 2011 draws to a close, House and Senate leaders have spent more than a week grappling with a continuing resolution (CR) that is needed to keep the government running when FY 2012 begins on October 1.
Husch Blackwell LLP | USA | 2 Aug 2011
Because of disasters such as the tsunami in Japan, tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and the Yangtze River in China, the concept of “risk” has recently received a significant amount of attention.
Locke Lord LLP | USA | 19 May 2009
Last month, the Obama Administration stated its position on the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program ("NFIP").
Wiley Rein LLP | USA | 3 Jun 2008
The Senate voted to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through 2013 but did not include the House's "wind coverage" provision.