[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3340 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3340

   To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for 
corrections to flood maps erroneously including certain areas within a 
                      special flood hazards area.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 1996

Mr. Smith of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred 
           to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide for 
corrections to flood maps erroneously including certain areas within a 
                      special flood hazards area.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Flood Map Correction Act''.

SEC. 2. CORRECTION OF ELEVATION DETERMINATIONS.

    Section 1363 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4104) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Corrections.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, an area shall not be considered for purposes of this title, 
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, or any other provision of 
Federal law, to be located within an area identified by the Director as 
an area having special flood hazards if the Director receives written 
notice from the owner or lessee of the area at issue, which includes--
            ``(1) information sufficient to identify such area; and
            ``(2) a certification by a surveyor who is in compliance 
        with any license and bonding requirements of the State and unit 
        or general local government in which the area is located or by 
        the Corps of Engineers of the Army that such surveyor or Corps 
        has scientifically or technically determined the elevation of 
        the area to be higher than the elevation required for inclusion 
        in an area having special flood hazards.
Upon receiving such notice, the Director shall immediately notify the 
owner or lessee providing the notice of such receipt and of the 
applicability of this subsection.''.
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