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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3139 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 30, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

AN ACT 

To extend the authorization of the national flood insurance 

program, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Flood Insur3 ance Program Extension Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PRO5 GRAM. 

6 (a) PROGRAM EXTENSION.—Section 1319 of the Na7 tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2008’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘March 31, 2010’’. 

10 (b) FINANCING.—Section 1309(a) of such Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 4016(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

12 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2010’’. 

13 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR MITIGATION 

14 OF SEVERE REPETITIVE LOSS PROPERTIES. 

15 Section 1361A of the National Flood Insurance Act 

16 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4102a) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ‘‘2005, 

18 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2009 

19 and 2010’’; and 

20 (2) by striking subsection (l). 


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1 SEC. 4. CONSIDERATION OF RECONSTRUCTION AND IM2 PROVEMENT OF FLOOD PROTECTION SYS3 TEMS IN DETERMINATION OF FLOOD INSUR4 ANCE RATES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1307 of the National 

6 Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4014) is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in subsection (e)— 

9 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘con10 struction of a flood protection system’’ and in11 serting ‘‘construction, reconstruction, or im12 provement of a flood protection system (without 

13 respect to the level of Federal investment or 

14 participation)’’; and 

15 (B) in the second sentence— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘construction of a flood 

17 protection system’’ and inserting ‘‘con18 struction, reconstruction, or improvement 

19 of a flood protection system’’; and 

20 (ii) by inserting ‘‘based on the present 

21 value of the completed system’’ after ‘‘has 

22 been expended’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (f)— 

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1 spect to the level of Federal investment or par2 ticipation)’’ after ‘‘no longer does’’; 

3 (B) in the third sentence in the matter 

4 preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, wheth5 er coastal or riverine,’’ after ‘‘special flood haz6 ard’’; and 

7 (C) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Fed8 eral agency in consultation with the local 

9 project sponsor’’ and inserting ‘‘the entity or 

10 entities that own, operate, maintain, or repair 

11 such system’’. 

12 (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

14 the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall promul15 gate regulations to carry out the amendments made by 

16 subsection (a). Section 5 may not be construed to annul, 

17 alter, affect, authorize any waiver of, or establish any ex18 ception to, the requirement under the preceding sentence. 

19 SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION. 

20 The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man21 agement Agency shall implement this Act and the amend22 ments made by this Act in a manner that will not materi23 ally weaken the financial position of the National Flood 


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1 Insurance Program or increase the risk of financial liabil2 ity to Federal taxpayers. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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