TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida congressional delegation is meeting in Washington D.C. on Wednesday to discuss the state’s hurricane recovery efforts.

It's a bipartisan effort from lawmakers.  

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna from Pinellas County said she wants to tackle FEMA's 50-percent rule when it comes to rebuilding efforts.

"I think that this will help residents not just in Pinellas County but across the state,” said Luna a Republican. “Waiving the 50 percent rule that FEMAs put forward that I would actually argue is keeping residents especially those on fixed incomes out of their homes pushing them out of the county specifically to Pinellas, and I would say is an overreach of the federal government."

The 50 percent rule has been the topic of countless meetings in the aftermath of last storm season.

Bay area lawmakers have tried to clarify it for residents who are rebuilding.

The rule says homes with damage that amounts to more than 50 percent of the structure's value have to meet current flood code when they're renovated.

And that can be a very costly process.