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Sponsor: Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (Introduced 10/28/2025). Latest Action: House - 10/28/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Tracker: this bill has the status Introduced.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ezell introduced a concrete flood-insurance reform bill, but it did not advance beyond referral, so it was not delivered into law.
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Sponsor: Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (Introduced 09/26/2025). Latest Action: House - 09/26/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Tracker: this bill has the status Introduced.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ezell also introduced an earlier NFIP extension bill, but it likewise stalled at introduction and committee referral.
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Ezell announced he will be reinstituting the Bipartisan Flood Resilience Caucus for the 119th Congress and said the caucus will use proactive strategies and policy tools to protect residents. The release also says he and other members sent a letter urging immediate action on long-term reauthorization of NFIP.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This shows continued advocacy for flood insurance reform and flood resilience, but it is advocacy rather than implementation.
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FEMA says it maintains and updates flood maps and that updates are a collaboration between communities and FEMA. The page explains that flood maps help communities understand flood risk and that FEMA provides the official Flood Map Service Center.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Floodplain maps are a FEMA-managed process, and this source does not show Ezell achieving a special Mississippi implementation or a new reform being enacted.
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SEC. 5004. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress enacted an NFIP extension in Public Law 119-75, which is a partial delivery on keeping the flood insurance program operating, but it does not show Mississippi-specific flood-insurance reforms or floodplain map implementation.
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Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2023'' and inserting ``September 30, 2026''.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted law extended NFIP authority only through September 30, 2026; this is a temporary program extension rather than completed floodplain maps or broader reforms.
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Ezell | Ezell | Republican | MS | Yea
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ezell voted yes on final House concurrence in the Senate amendments to H.R. 7148, the enacted appropriations law that included the NFIP extension.
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Latest Action: House - 10/28/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ezell sponsored a flood-insurance reauthorization bill, but Congress.gov shows it did not advance beyond referral, so this specific reform vehicle remained unresolved.
Congressman Mike Ezell led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell calling on the agency to consider updated flood maps for coastal Mississippi communities.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): This is direct evidence that Ezell worked on Mississippi coastal floodplain maps, but it documents advocacy to FEMA rather than completed implementation.
Flood maps help mortgage lenders determine insurance requirements and help communities develop strategies for reducing their risk.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): FEMA remains the implementing agency for flood maps; this source supports that map implementation is an agency process and does not show Ezell securing Mississippi-specific completion.
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Sec. 139. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2026''.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): H.R. 6500 extended NFIP authorities by replacing the prior September 30, 2026 expiration date with the continuing-resolution end date, December 11, 2026. This is a temporary NFIP continuation, not broader flood-insurance reform or Mississippi flood-map implementation.
Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2027, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The NFIP extension in section 139 is tied to the continuing-resolution endpoint in section 106, confirming the September 2026 action was another short-term extension rather than a durable reform package.
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Ezell | Republican | MS | Yea
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ezell voted yes on the House motion concurring in the Senate amendments to H.R. 6500, the vehicle that included the new NFIP extension through December 11, 2026.
The Republican incumbent over the next two years also wants to rework some of FEMA’s flood maps because homes located within the flood zone have higher home insurance costs.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Recent reporting in the lookback window indicates Ezell still frames FEMA flood-map changes as a future goal, supporting that Mississippi floodplain map implementation remains unresolved.
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Communities in my district are still waiting on FEMA to complete projects and deliver on recovery commitments.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Ezell used a 2026 House hearing to press FEMA reform and delays affecting Mississippi communities, but this shows continued oversight and advocacy rather than completed flood insurance reform or implemented flood maps.
Mr. Fields (for himself, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Bresnahan, and Mr. Ezell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Ezell joined another NFIP reform bill requiring FEMA flood-insurance information improvements, but the bill was only introduced and referred to committee, leaving reform unresolved.
Public state: unverifiedAs of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never.same_termA for effort
Mike Ezell did keep working on the issue in Congress: he sponsored flood-insurance reform/extension bills, reinstituted the Bipartisan Flood Resilience Caucus, and urged NFIP reauthorization. But the evidence shows those efforts stalled at introduction and committee referral, and there is no indication that Mississippi-specific flood insurance reforms or floodplain map implementation were actually enacted or completed. Under federal context, this is a serious but unsuccessful attempt rather than delivered policy.
provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%
Public state: unverifiedAs of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never.same_termA for effort
Ezell took serious same-term action on flood insurance issues by introducing NFIP-related bills and restarting the Bipartisan Flood Resilience Caucus, but the cited bills remained only introduced and referred to committee, and the evidence does not show enacted reforms or Mississippi floodplain map implementation attributable to him. Because the promised implementation outcome was not delivered despite meaningful legislative and advocacy effort, this is best classified as never with an effort badge.
provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%