Sec. 204. Mapping improvements and reach
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Subparagraph
(A)of section 100216(b)(1) of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 ( 42 U.S.C. 4101b(b)(1)(A) ) is amended— in clause (v), by striking and at the end; by redesignating clause
(vi)as clause (vii); and by inserting after clause
(v)the following: all areas of the United States; and . Section 100216 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 ( 42 U.S.C. 4101b ) is amended— in subsection (b)(1)— by redesignating subparagraphs
(B)and
(C)as subparagraphs
(C)and (D), respectively; and by inserting after subparagraph
(A)the following: as soon as practicable— modernize the flood mapping inventory for communities for which the National Flood Insurance Program rate maps have not been modernized; and in coordination with communities, utilize the digital display environment established under subsection (f)(1)(A) to produce, store, and disseminate any flood hazard data, models, and maps generated under clause
(i)while ensuring that the flood mapping inventory described in that clause may be printed in order to carry out— floodplain management programs under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.); and other purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program; ; in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting , including the most current and most appropriate remote sensing or other geospatial mapping technology; and ; and by adding at the end the following: when appropriate, partner with other Federal agencies, States, communities, and private entities in order to meet the objectives of the program. ; by inserting after subsection
(e)the following new subsection: Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of the National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019, the Administrator, in consultation with the Technical Mapping Advisory Council, shall establish, as part of a national structure inventory, a dynamic, database-derived digital display environment for flood hazard and risk data, models, maps, and assessments. In designing and constructing the digital display environment under subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall— leverage and partner with States and communities that have successfully implemented the same approach; and consider adopting the techniques and technologies used by the States and communities described in clause
(i)and applying those techniques and technologies nationwide. In carrying out paragraph (1), the Administrator, in consultation with the Technical Mapping Advisory Council, shall establish a national digital display system that shall— be prompted through dynamic querying of a spatial, relational flood hazard and risk database; as permissible under law, be made available to the public; to the extent feasible, and where sufficient data is available, provide information, with respect to individual structures, regarding— flood hazard and risk assessment determinations; flood insurance; and flood risk mitigation efforts; be constructed in a manner that facilitates coordination with digital display systems that— have been developed by State and community partners; and the Administrator finds are acceptable; include the capability to print physical copies of maps; and where feasible, allow for the maintenance and storage of elevation certificates. The Administrator may not disseminate the database described in subparagraph (A)(i), including any data used to create that database, to the public or to a private company in a manner that violates section 552a of title 5, United States Code, or any regulation implementing that section. ; and by inserting after subsection
(k)as added by the preceding provisions of this Act: The Administrator, in coordination with the Technical Mapping Advisory Council established under section 100215 of this Act, shall submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate an annual report regarding progress achieved in the mapping program under this section, including the digital display and structure-specific information required under subsection (f), which shall include recommendations to reduce the cost and improve the implementation of that subsection. . Section 100216(d) of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 ( 42 U.S.C. 4101b ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Administrator shall, in consultation with the Technical Mapping Council established under section 100215, provide financial and technical assistance to communities to incorporate future flood hazard conditions as an informational layer on their Flood Insurance Rate Maps. .
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