Sec. 100229. LOCAL DATA REQUIREMENT
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## SEC. 100229 LOCAL DATA REQUIREMENT ###
(a)In General Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, no area or community participating in the National Flood Insurance Program that is or includes a community that is identified by the Administrator as Community Identification Number 360467 and impacted by the Jamaica Bay flooding source or identified by the Administrator as Community Identification Number 360495 may be or become designated as an area having special flood hazards for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program, unless the designation is made on the basis of— ####
(1)flood hazard analyses of hydrologic, hydraulic, or coastal flood hazards that have been properly calibrated and validated, and are specific and directly relevant to the geographic area being studied; and ####
(2)ground elevation information of sufficient accuracy and precision to meet the guidelines of the Administration for accuracy at the 95 percent confidence level. ###
(b)Remapping ####
(1)Remapping required If the Administrator determines that an area described in subsection
(a)has been designated as an area of special flood hazard on the basis of information that does not comply with the requirements under subsection (a), the Administrator shall revise and update any National Flood Insurance Program rate map for the area— #####
(A)using information that complies with the requirements under subsection (a); and #####
(B)in accordance with the procedures established under section 1363 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104) for flood elevation determinations. ####
(2)Interim period A National Flood Insurance Program rate map in effect on the date of enactment of this Act for an area for which the Administrator has made a determination under paragraph
(1)shall continue in effect with respect to the area during the period— #####
(A)beginning on the date of enactment of this Act; and #####
(B)ending on the date on which the Administrator determines that the requirements under section 1363 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104) for flood elevation determinations have been met with respect to a revision and update under paragraph
(1)of a National Flood Insurance Program rate map for the area. ####
(3)Deadline The Administrator shall issue a preliminary National Flood Insurance Program rate map resulting from a revision and update required under paragraph
(1)not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. ####
(4)Risk premium rate clarification #####
(A)In general If a revision and update required under paragraph
(1)results in a reduction in the risk premium rate for a property in an area for which the Administrator has made a determination under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall— ######
(i)calculate the difference between the reduced risk premium rate and the risk premium rate paid by a policyholder with respect to the property during the period— ######
(I)beginning on the date on which the National Flood Insurance Program rate map in effect for the area on the date of enactment of this Act took effect; and ######
(II)ending on the date on which the revised or updated National Flood Insurance Program rate map takes effect; and ######
(ii)reimburse the policyholder an amount equal to such difference. #####
(B)Funding Notwithstanding section 1310 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4017), there shall be available to the Administrator from premiums deposited in the National Flood Insurance Fund pursuant to subsection
(d)of such section 1310, of amounts not otherwise obligated, the amount necessary to carry out this paragraph. ###
(c)Termination ####
(1)In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section shall cease to have effect on the effective date of a National Flood Insurance Program rate map revised and updated under subsection (b)(1). ####
(2)Reimbursements Subsection (b)(4) shall cease to have effect on the date on which the Administrator has made all reimbursements required under subsection (b)(4).
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