Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia

The Role of Mitigation in Reducing Federal Expenditures for Disaster Response

Date: May 14, 2014
Time: 2:30pm
Location: SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda:

The focus of the hearing was to examine the potential relationship between investment in mitigation and disaster response and recovery expenditures, discuss the potential impact of mitigation investments on the sustainability and success of the National Flood Insurance Program, highlight innovative examples of mitigation incentives (including public private partnerships) across the country, and offer suggestions for how to overcome barriers that may prevent or deter mitigation from being utilized across the Federal government.

Witnesses

David

Miller

Associate Administrator, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration

Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Christopher

Currie

Director, Emergency Management and National Preparedness Issues

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Chad

Berginnis

Executive Director

Association of State Floodplain Managers

Robert

Detlefsen

Vice President of Public Policy

National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies