Sec. 7. Publicly searchable online registry
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Part C of chapter 2 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Administrator shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a national registry, organized by State of residence, of all companies and individuals providing services relating to the selling, writing, or servicing of flood insurance made available under this title or relating to the adjusting of claims under such flood insurance, which shall include all insurance companies participating in the Write Your Own program (as such term is defined in section 100202 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 ( 42 U.S.C. 4004 )) and all individuals participating in the direct servicing program, including— all individuals selling and writing policies for flood insurance coverage under this title; all companies and individuals providing adjusting services in connection with such flood insurance; all companies and individuals providing engineering services in connection with such flood insurance, identification of engineers using the unique numerical identifier assigned pursuant to section 1349(d), and information regarding past performance in providing such services, including identification of cases worked on, cases that involved litigation, and any association of the engineer with any company convicted of fraud; information identifying all penalties, fines, and criminal convictions of all such companies and individuals relating to the operation of the national flood insurance program; and information identifying any conviction or penalty assessed for fraud pertaining to any such company or individual.
The Administrator shall ensure that the registry required to be established and maintained under this section is publicly available online in a manner that provides the capacity to search the registry by the name of the company or individual. The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the registry established and maintained under this section on a biennial basis to ensure its accuracy and currency. The Administrator shall enter into a contract with an appropriate nonprofit organization to establish and maintain the registry under this section.
There is authorized to be appropriated for payments under the contract under paragraph
(1)such sums as may be necessary for establishment and maintenance of the national registry under this section. .
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