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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 634 

To require the Administrator to provide certain notices to property owners 

when undertaking remapping in geographic areas, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 30, 2023 

Mr. ROSENDALE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Administrator to provide certain notices to 

property owners when undertaking remapping in geographic areas, 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 ‘‘Fixing Announcements 

5 for Intermittent Remapping and Notification Expectations 

6 to Stop Surprises in Flood Insurance Act of 2023’’ or the 

7 ‘‘FAIRNESS in Flood Insurance Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MAPPING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. 

2 Section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 

3 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101) is amended by adding at the end 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(k) ADDITIONAL MAPPING NOTICE REQUIRE6 MENTS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) NOTICE OF REMAPPING.—If the Adminis8 trator seeks to revise or update any floodplain areas 

9 and flood risk zones identified, delineated, or estab10 lished under this section, the Administrator shall 

11 provide notice of such intended remapping, not less 

12 than 15 days before such remapping process is to 

13 begin, to each owner of a property in the geographic 

14 area being remapped, including each owner of a 

15 property located in an area within the geographic 

16 area being remapped that previously was not des17 ignated as having special flood hazards. 

18 ‘‘(2) NOTICE OF REMAPPING APPEALS PROC19 ESS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) AT THE START OF THE APPEALS

21 PROCESS.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—After completing a 

23 revision or update of any floodplain areas 

24 and flood risk zones identified, delineated, 

25 or established under this section, and prior 

26 to the implementation of such revision or 


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1 update, the Administrator shall, not later 

2 than 30 days before the date on which the 

3 appeals process begins, provide notice to 

4 each owner of a property in the geographic 

5 area being remapped, including each owner 

6 of a property located in an area within the 

7 geographic area being remapped that will 

8 be included in a special flood hazard area. 

9 ‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—The notice required 

10 under this subparagraph shall— 

11 ‘‘(I) notify the property owner 

12 that the remapping process has been 

13 completed; 

14 ‘‘(II) in the case of a property 

15 owner whose property is within a spe16 cial flood hazard area, notify the 

17 property owner that flood insurance 

18 may be required and notify the prop19 erty owner of the approximate cost of 

20 such flood insurance; 

21 ‘‘(III) notify the property owner 

22 that the remapping appeals process 

23 has begun; and 


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1 ‘‘(IV) provide information to the 

2 property owner about the appeals 

3 process. 

4 ‘‘(B) AT THE END OF THE APPEALS PROC5 ESS.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—After completing a 

7 revision or update of any floodplain areas 

8 and flood risk zones identified, delineated, 

9 or established under this section, the Ad10 ministrator shall, not later than 15 days 

11 after the conclusion of the appeals period, 

12 provide notice to each owner of a property 

13 in the geographic area being remapped, in14 cluding each owner of a property located in 

15 an area within the geographic area being 

16 remapped that will be included in a special 

17 flood hazard area, that the remapping 

18 process has been completed and that the 

19 appeals process has concluded. 

20 ‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—The notice required 

21 under this subparagraph shall— 

22 ‘‘(I) in the case of a property 

23 owner whose property is within a spe24 cial flood hazard area, notify the 

25 property owner that flood insurance 


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1 may be required and notify the prop2 erty owner of the approximate cost of 

3 such flood insurance; 

4 ‘‘(II) notify the property owner of 

5 the date on which the appeals process 

6 for the remapping concluded; and 

7 ‘‘(III) inform the property owner 

8 about additional avenues for recourse, 

9 including letters of map amendment 

10 and letters of map revision. 

11 ‘‘(3) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any 

13 notice requirement under this subsection, the 

14 Administrator shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) provide notice by mail in the form 

16 of a letter; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) where possible, ensure that a 

18 reasonable attempt is made to send the let19 ter to the mailing address of the owner of 

20 the property to which the notice relates if 

21 such address is different than the address 

22 of the property to which the notice relates. 

23 ‘‘(B) CONTRACTING LIMITATION.—The 

24 Administrator may not contract with a State, 

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1 cluding a State department, agency, or local 

2 government, to provide notices required under 

3 this subsection.’’. 

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