[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3285 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3285

To help certain communities adversely affected by FEMA's flood mapping 
                         modernization program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2010

Mrs. Lincoln (for herself and Mr. Pryor) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To help certain communities adversely affected by FEMA's flood mapping 
                         modernization program.

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

SECTION 1. FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION AND FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEMS.

    (a) Suspension of Mapping Updates.--Notwithstanding subsections (e) 
and (f) of section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4101(e) and (f)), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall not revise, update, or publish any flood 
insurance rate map under its Flood Map Modernization Program (commonly 
referred to as ``Map Mod'') for any counties that are protected by a 
structure built or maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers unless the 
affected owner of such structure or the community protected by such 
structure--
            (1) has been formally notified of any deficiencies in such 
        structure; and
            (2) has been afforded 7 years to rectify any such 
        deficiencies that would affect the flood insurance rate map for 
        the geographic area in which such structure or community is 
        located.
    (b) Limitation on Required Purchase; Suspension of Premium 
Increases.--Until such time as the owner of a structure described in 
subsection (a) has been afforded 7 years to rectify any identified 
deficiencies in the structure, and notwithstanding the mandatory 
purchase requirements of sections 102 and 202 of the Flood Disaster 
Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a, 4106), the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall not--
            (1) require owners of property located in any county 
        described in subsection (a) who, prior to the date of enactment 
        of this Act were not required to purchase flood insurance, to 
        purchase flood insurance; and
            (2) for owners of property located in any county described 
        in subsection (a) that had purchased flood insurance prior to 
        the date of enactment of this Act, increase the risk premium 
        rate charged for such flood insurance.
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