Sec. 502. Mapping standards and guidelines for nongovernmental entities
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Section 100215 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 ( 42 U.S.C. 4101a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In addition to the other duties of the Council under this section, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Council shall develop and establish a set of standards, guidelines, and procedures for— State and local governments, federally or State-recognized metropolitan planning organizations (commonly known as MPOs ), federally or State-recognized councils of local governments, and federally or State-recognized rural transportation planning organizations to use in mapping flood risks and developing alternative maps to the flood insurance rate maps developed by the Administrator; and certification, by the Administrator not later than 90 days after the date on which a map developed under subparagraph
(A)is submitted to the Administrator, for use under the National Flood Insurance Program in the case of any area covered by a flood insurance rate map developed or approved by the Administrator that has not been updated or reissued during the preceding 3-year period. On and after the date on which the Administrator certifies a map under paragraph (1)(B), the map— shall be considered the flood insurance rate map in effect for all purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program with respect to the area covered by the map; and may not be revised, updated, or replaced in accordance with the standards, guidelines, and procedures established under paragraph
(1)before the expiration of the 3-year period beginning on that date of certification. Until the date on which the Administrator promulgates regulations implementing paragraphs
(1)and (2), the Administrator may adopt policies and procedures, notwithstanding any other provision of law, necessary to implement those paragraphs without regard to section 553 of title 5, United States Code, and without conducting regulatory analyses otherwise required by statute, regulation, or Executive order. .
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