[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 342 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 342

To improve mapping under the National Flood Insurance Program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2019

  Mr. Posey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To improve mapping under the National Flood Insurance Program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 Insurance Rate Map Interagency 
Technology Act of 2019'' or the ``FIRM IT Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. SHARING AND USE OF MAPS AND DATA.

    Subsection (b) of section 100216 of the Biggert-Waters Flood 
Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101b(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(D) consult and coordinate with the Department of 
                Defense, the United States Geological Survey, and the 
                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the 
                purpose of obtaining the most-up-to-date maps and other 
                information of such agencies, including information on 
                topography, water flow, and any other issues, relevant 
                to mapping for flood insurance purposes.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (E) as subparagraph 
                (F); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) any other information relevant to mapping for 
                flood insurance purposes obtained pursuant to paragraph 
                (1)(D); and''.
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