Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 3297 (Introduced in House) — To reform the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes. · Sec. 10

Sec. 10. GAO study of effects of changing base flood

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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study regarding the effects on the National Flood Insurance Program and otherwise of changing the standard for designation of areas as special flood hazard areas from having a 1 percent or greater chance of experiencing flooding in any given year to having a 10 percent or greater chance of experiencing flooding in any given year. Not later than the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress a report setting forth the findings and conclusions of the study conducted pursuant to this section.