Sec. 5. Consideration of flood mitigation factors in establishing flood hazard areas
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Section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4101 ), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: In identifying, designating, and establishing any areas having special flood hazards, including in reviewing, revising, or updating of such areas, the Administrator and the Technical Mapping Advisory Council established under section 100215 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 ( 42 U.S.C. 4101a ) shall take into consideration any factors that mitigate against flood risk, including ditches, banks, walls, vegetation, levees, lakes, dams, reservoirs, basin, and retention ponds, and the extent to which such factors mitigate against flood risk. .
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