Sec. 8. Penalties for fraud and false statements in the National Flood Insurance Program
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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: It shall be unlawful, in the preparation, production, or submission of any report in connection with the proving or adjusting of a claim for flood insurance coverage made available under this title, including any engineering report or claims adjustment report, to knowingly engage in the practice of engineering without a license, to knowingly forge any such report, or to knowingly make any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation in such a report.
Whoever violates subsection
(a)shall be subject to any one or more of the following penalties: In the case of a person who is an individual, imprisonment for not more than 18 months. Such civil penalties as the Administrator, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General shall, by regulation, establish, which may include civil monetary penalties and fines, suspension and debarment from participation in the National Flood Insurance Program, and such other civil sanctions as such officials consider appropriate. In the case of any fine or monetary penalty collected pursuant to this paragraph, such amounts collected shall be paid to the owner of the property for which the claim involved was made. The offense under subsection
(a)is exempted from the applicability of the fine provided under section 3571 of title 18, United States Code. .
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