Sec. 413. Restriction on defense of claims litigation
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Section 1345 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4081 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Administrator may not enter into any contract, agreement, or other appropriate arrangement under subsection
(a)that delegates the authority of the Administrator to defend actions instituted under section 1341. . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator may implement the amendment made by paragraph
(1)by adopting 1 or more standard endorsements to the Standard Flood Insurance Policy by publication of those standards in the Federal Register, or by comparable means. The amendment made by paragraph
(1)shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. Notwithstanding the amendment made by paragraph (1), in the case of an action instituted under subsection
(b)of section 1341 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4072 ), as added by section 407, before the effective date under paragraph
(3)of this subsection, the Administrator may authorize a Write Your Own Company to continue to defend the action after that effective date. Section 1341 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4072 ), as amended by section 412, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Administrator may appoint and fix the compensation of such temporary personnel as may be necessary to support the defense of an action instituted under this section, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service. . Section 1310(d)(1) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4017(d)(1) ) is amended by inserting after losses, the following: including the costs associated with the hiring of temporary personnel under section 1341(e), .
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