The Administrator, in coordination with the Technical Mapping Advisory Council established under section 4101a of this title, shall establish an ongoing program under which the Administrator shall review, update, and maintain National Flood Insurance Program rate maps in accordance with this section.
In carrying out the program established under subsection (a), the Administrator shall-
Each map updated under this section shall-
In updating maps under this section, the Administrator shall include-
In updating and maintaining maps under this section, the Administrator shall-
The Administrator shall-
The communication and outreach activities required under paragraph (1) shall include-
Upon the adoption by the Administrator of any recommendation by the Technical Mapping Advisory Council for reviewing, updating, or maintaining National Flood Insurance Program rate maps in accordance with this section, a community that believes that its flood insurance rates in effect prior to adoption would be affected by the adoption of such recommendation may submit a request for an update of its rate maps, which may be considered at the Administrator's sole discretion. The Administrator shall establish a protocol for the evaluation of such community map update requests.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $400,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
1 So in original. Probably should be preceded by "the".
2 So in original. The words "will be" probably should not appear.
42 U.S.C. § 4101b
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, referred to in subsecs. (b)(1)(C) and (d)(2)(C), is title XIII of Pub. L. 90-448, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 572, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4001 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and also as part of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, also known as the MAP-21, and not as part of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS2014-Subsec. (b)(1)(A)(v), (vi). Pub. L. 113-89, §27(1), added cl. (v), redesignated former cl. (v) as (vi), and, in cl. (vi), inserted "and by non-structural flood mitigation features" before semicolon at end.Subsec. (d)(1)(A). Pub. L. 113-89, §30(3), added subpar. (A). Former subpar. (A) redesignated (D). Pub. L. 113-89, §27(2)(C), added subpar. (A). Former subpar. (A) redesignated (B). Subsec. (d)(1)(B). Pub. L. 113-89, §30(3), added subpar. (B). Former subpar. (B) redesignated (E). Pub. L. 113-89, §27(2)(A), redesignated subpar. (A) as (B). Former subpar. (B) redesignated (C). Subsec. (d)(1)(C). Pub. L. 113-89, §30(3), added subpar. (C). Former subpar. (C) redesignated (F). Pub. L. 113-89, §30(1), substituted "subparagraph (E)" for "subparagraph (B)" and struck out "and" at end. Pub. L. 113-89, §27(2)(A), (B), redesignated subpar. (B) as (C) and substituted "subparagraph (B)" for "subparagraph (A)". Former subpar. (C) redesignated (D). Subsec. (d)(1)(D). Pub. L. 113-89, §30(2), redesignated subpar. (A) as (D). Former subpar. (D) redesignated (H). Pub. L. 113-89, §27(2)(A), redesignated subpar. (C) as (D). Subsec. (d)(1)(E), (F). Pub. L. 113-89, §30(2), redesignated subpars. (B) and (C) as (E) and (F), respectively.Subsec. (d)(1)(G). Pub. L. 113-89, §30(4), added subpar. (G). Subsec. (d)(1)(H). Pub. L. 113-89, §30(2), redesignated subpar. (D) as (H).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
DEFINITIONS For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 4004 of this title.
- Administrator
- The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of General Services.
- Advisory Committee
- The term "Advisory Committee" means the Green Building Advisory Committee established under section 484.1
- Consortium
- The term "Consortium" means the High-Performance Green Building Partnership Consortium created in response to section 17092(c)(1) of this title to represent the private sector in a public-private partnership to promote high-performance green buildings and zero-net-energy commercial buildings.