As a bill in the House of Representatives that would delay massive flood insurance premium increases for thousands of local home and business owners languishes in committee, some members of the West Virginia House of Delegates hope their collective voice will spur their federal counterparts to move the legislation forward.

Speaker Tim Miley, D-Harrison, announced this week that House of Delegates leaders plan to introduce a resolution during the upcoming session urging Congress to act on the bill, known as the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013, sooner rather than later. That measure would delay provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2012, which was intended to get the FEMA-run National Flood Insurance Program out of about $25 billion in debt.

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