STATEN ISLAND — The bill designed to fix problems with FEMA that homeowners encountered after Hurricane Sandy, passed the House of Representatives last week.
The bill — called the Flood Insurance Mitigation and Policyholder Protection Act and the first bill Rep. Dan Donovan introduced while in office — was added to the larger PREPARE Act to improve disaster preparedness programs that passed in the house earlier this year, Donovan said.
"Two of the biggest reasons I went to Washington were to secure health treatment for heroes who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, and to help those affected by Superstorm Sandy going through the 'storm after the storm,'" Donovan said in a statement. "I accomplished the first, and I’m so proud to take this step toward accomplishing the second."