Sec. 209. New zone for levee-impacted areas
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Section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4101 ), as amended by section 4 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to full implementation of subparagraphs (A)(iii) and
(B)of section 100216(b)(1) of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 ( 42 U.S.C. 4101b(b)(1) ) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a community applies to the Administrator for the remapping of a levee-impacted area in which the pertinent levee system fails to meet the minimum design, operation, and maintenance standards of the National Flood Insurance Program required for levee accreditation on a flood insurance rate map in accordance with the Levee Analysis Mapping Procedure initiated by the Administrator to replace the without levees approach to a Flood Insurance Study, the Administrator shall— establish flood risk zones for those levee-impacted areas on such maps, to be known as AL–E zones , that have an established elevation for community floodplain management; and make flood insurance available to properties located within those levee-impacted areas. During the period beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the date on which the Administrator develops rates for the various AL–E zones, a structure located in a portion of a community that is located within a levee-impacted area described in paragraph
(1)shall be eligible for rates associated with areas of moderate flood hazards. .
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