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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2199 

To delay the implementation of certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters 

Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2013 

Mr. RICHMOND (for himself, Ms. WATERS, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BOUSTANY, 

Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. SCALISE, and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To delay the implementation of certain provisions of the 

Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flood Insurance Imple5 mentation Reform Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. 3-YEAR DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIRED 

7 PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT UPON REMAPPING. 

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1 ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(h)), as added by section 

2 100207 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 

3 Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141; 126 Stat. 919), shall 

4 have no force or effect until the date that is 3 years after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 3. 5-YEAR DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF FULL ACTU7 ARIAL RATES FOR NEWLY PURCHASED PROP8 ERTIES. 

9 (a) DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION.—Paragraph (2) of 

10 section 1307(g) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

11 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4014(g)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the 

12 expiration of the 5-year period that begins upon’’ before 

13 ‘‘the date of enactment of the Biggert-Waters Flood In14 surance Reform Act of 2012’’. 

15 (b) TREATMENT OF INTERVENING RATE IN16 CREASES.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 

17 be construed to require that, in the case of any property 

18 purchased after the date of the enactment of the Biggert19 Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 but before 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, any premium rate 

21 increase made with respect to such purchase pursuant to 

22 section 1307(g)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act 

23 of 1968 be reversed. 


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1 SEC. 4. ADEQUATE PROGRESS ON CONSTRUCTION OF 

2 FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEMS. 

3 Subsection (e) of section 1307 of the National Flood 

4 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4014(e)) is amended 

5 by adding after the period at the end the following: ‘‘Not6 withstanding any other provision of law, in determining 

7 whether a community has made adequate progress on the 

8 construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a flood 

9 protection system, the Administrator shall not consider 

10 the level of Federal funding of or participation in the con11 struction, reconstruction, or improvement.’’. 

12 SEC. 5. COMMUNITIES RESTORING DISACCREDITED FLOOD 

13 PROTECTION SYSTEMS. 

14 Subsection (f) of section 1307 of the National Flood 

15 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4014(f)) is amended 

16 by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this sub18 section shall apply to riverine and coastal levees, but only 

19 in a community which has been determined by the Admin20 istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

21 to be in the process of restoring flood protection afforded 

22 by a flood protection system that had been previously ac23 credited on a Flood Insurance Rate Map as providing 100- 

24 year frequency flood protection but no longer does so, and 

25 shall apply without regard to the level of Federal funding 


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1 of or participation in the construction, reconstruction, or 

2 improvement of the flood protection system.’’. 

3 SEC. 6. AFFORDABILITY STUDY. 

4 Section 100236 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insur5 ance Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–141; 126 Stat. 

6 957) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Not’’ and in8 serting the following: ‘‘Subject to subsection (e), 

9 not’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (d)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—Notwith12 standing’’ and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.— 

14 ‘‘(1) NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND.— 

15 Notwithstanding’’; and 

16 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(2) OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.—To carry out 

18 this section, in addition to the amount made avail19 able under paragraph (1), the Administrator may 

20 use any other amounts that are available to the Ad21 ministrator.’’; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub23 section: 


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1 ‘‘(e) ALTERNATIVE.—If the Administrator deter2 mines that the report required under subsection (c) cannot 

3 be submitted by the date specified under subsection (c)— 

4 ‘‘(1) the Administrator shall notify, not later 

5 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

6 subsection, the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

7 and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

8 on Financial Services of the House of Representa9 tives of an alternative method of gathering the infor10 mation required under this section; 

11 ‘‘(2) the Administrator shall submit, not later 

12 than 180 days after the Administrator submits the 

13 notification required under paragraph (1), to the 

14 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

15 of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Serv16 ices of the House of Representatives the information 

17 gathered using the alternative method described in 

18 paragraph (1); and 

19 ‘‘(3) upon the submission of information re20 quired under paragraph (2), the requirement under 

21 subsection (c) shall be deemed satisfied.’’. 

22 SEC. 7. MAPPING OF NON-STRUCTURAL FLOOD MITIGA23 TION FEATURES. 

24 Section 100216 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insur25 ance Reform Act of 2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101b) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 

2 (A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

3 end; 

4 (B) by redesignating clause (v) as clause 

5 (vi); 

6 (C) by inserting after clause (iv) the fol7 lowing new clause: 

8 ‘‘(v) areas that are protected by non9 structural flood mitigation features; and’’; 

10 and 

11 (D) in clause (vi) (as so redesignated), by 

12 inserting before the semicolon at the end the 

13 following: ‘‘and by non-structural flood mitiga14 tion features’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (d)(1)— 

16 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

17 through (C) as subparagraphs (B) through (D), 

18 respectively; and 

19 (B) by inserting before subparagraph (B) 

20 (as so redesignated) the following new subpara21 graph: 

22 ‘‘(A) work with States, local communities, 

23 and property owners to identify areas and fea24 tures described in subsection (b)(1)(A)(v);’’. 

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