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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2025 

To postpone the remapping of areas protected by certain levees for purposes 

of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 16, 2011 

Mr. MORAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To postpone the remapping of areas protected by certain 

levees for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Act 

of 1968, 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 ‘‘Redundant Remapping 

5 Reform Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad9 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

10 Agency; 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘covered period’’ means— 

2 (A) with respect to a levee for which the 

3 Army Corps of Engineers has entered into a 

4 cost sharing agreement, the 48-month period 

5 beginning on the date on which the Army Corps 

6 of Engineers makes available any funds re7 quired to be made available by the Army Corps 

8 of Engineers under the agreement; and 

9 (B) with respect to a levee not described in 

10 subparagraph (A), the 48-month period begin11 ning on the date on which the Administrator 

12 commences an update of a National Flood In13 surance Program rate map that includes an 

14 area protected by the levee; 

15 (3) the term ‘‘National Flood Insurance Pro16 gram’’ means the program established under the Na17 tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4011 

18 et seq.); and 

19 (4) the term ‘‘qualified levee’’ means a levee 

20 that is being constructed or modified, if the owner 

21 of the levee enters into an agreement with the Ad22 ministrator that the construction or modification will 

23 be completed before the end of a covered period re24 lating to the qualified levee. 


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1 SEC. 3. REMAPPING OF AREAS PROTECTED BY CERTAIN 

2 LEVEES. 

3 (a) LEVEES UNDERGOING ACCREDITATION.—The 

4 Administrator may not update or publish a National Flood 

5 Insurance Program rate map during a covered period with 

6 respect to an area that is protected by a levee— 

7 (1) for which a community or other party has 

8 sought recognition under section 65.10 of title 44, 

9 Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor there10 to; and 

11 (2) with respect to which the Administrator has 

12 not issued a Letter of Final Determination. 

13 (b) LEVEES UNDERGOING PLANNING, CONSTRUC14 TION, OR REHABILITATION.— 

15 (1) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in para16 graph (2), the Administrator may not update or 

17 publish a National Flood Insurance Program rate 

18 map during a covered period with respect to an area 

19 that is protected by a qualified levee that is being 

20 planned, constructed, or rehabilitated, if the sched21 uled completion date for the planning, construction, 

22 or rehabilitation occurs during the covered period. 

23 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—The Administrator may up24 date or publish a National Flood Insurance Program 

25 rate map during a covered period with respect to an 


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1 area that is protected by a qualified levee described 

2 in paragraph (1)— 

3 (A) on or after the date on which the con4 struction or rehabilitation of the qualified levee 

5 is completed; or 

6 (B) on or after the date on which the Ad7 ministrator determines that the planning, con8 struction, or rehabilitation of the qualified levee 

9 is experiencing an indefinite delay. 

10 (3) SCHEDULED COMPLETION DATE.—For pur11 poses of this subsection, the scheduled completion 

12 date for planning, construction, or rehabilitation of 

13 a qualified levee shall be determined by an engineer 

14 responsible for the design, modification, or construc15 tion of the qualified levee, taking into consideration 

16 the actual condition of the qualified levee. 

17 (c) NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED PERSONS.— 

18 (1) DRAFT NOTICE.—Not later than 60 days 

19 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis20 trator shall publish a notice to be used by owners of 

21 qualified levees subject to this section to disclose to 

22 persons affected by the qualified levees— 

23 (A) information relating to the possible 

24 dangers of living in an area affected by the 


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1 qualified levees without flood insurance cov2 erage; 

3 (B) information relating to the availability 

4 of flood insurance coverage; and 

5 (C) any other information that the Admin6 istrator determines is necessary. 

7 (2) NOTICE BY OWNERS OF LEVEES.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

9 subparagraph (B), not later than 30 days after 

10 the commencement of a covered period, the 

11 owner of the qualified levee to which the cov12 ered period relates shall provide the notice pub13 lished under paragraph (1) to each person iden14 tified by the owner of the qualified levee as a 

15 person affected by the qualified levee. 

16 (B) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a covered 

17 period that commences before the date on which 

18 the Administrator publishes the notice under 

19 paragraph (1), the owner of the qualified levee 

20 to which the covered period relates shall provide 

21 the notice required under subparagraph (A) to 

22 each person identified by the owner of the 

23 qualified levee as a person affected by the quali24 fied levee as soon as practicable after the date 


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1 on which the Administrator publishes the no2 tice. 

3 (d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—During a covered 

4 period relating to a qualified levee, the owner of the quali5 fied levee (or a designee of the owner) shall submit to the 

6 Administrator a quarterly report that contains— 

7 (1) a description of the progress of the con8 struction or modification of the qualified levee; and 

9 (2) an estimate of the scheduled completion 

10 date of the construction or modification of the quali11 fied levee, as determined by an engineer responsible 

12 for the design, modification, or construction of the 

13 qualified levee, taking into consideration the actual 

14 condition of the qualified levee. 

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