The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 is a piece of legislation passed in the United States that led to the creation of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Discussion and passage of the act was motivated by the financial lossess sustained in Florida and Lousiana following the destruction caused by Hurricane Betsy in 1965.

Footnotes

1. Haddow and Bullock, 2003
2. Haddow and Bullock, 2003

References

• Haddow, George D. and Jane A. Bullock, 2003, Introduction to Emergency Management, Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN 0-7506-7689-2

1968 in law | United States federal legislation