A property-casualty insurer trade group is continuing its push for the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on a reform and re-authorization bill for the National Flood Insurance Program.

The National Flood Insurance Program moved one step closer to an overhaul that one insurance industry official called a “meaningful long-term extension.”

A bill that would extend the National Flood Insurance to September 2016 advanced out of a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives, the first step toward possible passage.

A collection of insurance companies, taxpayer advocates and environmental groups are urging changes to a bill in the U.S. House seeking to reform the National Flood Insurance Program.

Still questioning the need for a federal regulator of insurance amid strong state-based oversight, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is praising lawmakers for amendments to a bill establishing a Federal Insurance Office.