(1) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A), and (B), respectively, and re-
aligning such subparagraphs so as to be indented 4 
ems from the left margin; 
(3) by striking ‘‘is authorized to consult’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘is authorized— 
‘‘(1) to consult’’; 
(4) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) to receive proposed alternative maps from 
communities developed pursuant to standards and re-
quirements recommended by the Technical Mapping 
Advisory Council, as required by section 100215(m) 
of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 
2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101a(m)) and adopted by the Ad-
ministrator as required by section 100216(c)(3) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 4101b(c)(3)), so that the Admin-
istrator may— 
‘‘(A) publish information with respect to all 
flood plain areas, including coastal areas located 
in the United States, which have special flood 
hazards, and 
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‘‘(B) establish or update flood-risk zone data 
in all such areas, and make estimates with re-
spect to the rates of probable flood caused loss for 
the various flood risk zones for each of these 
areas until the date specified in section 1319.’’. 
(c) NATIONAL FLOOD MAPPING PROGRAM.—Section 
100216 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act 
of 2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘prepared by 
the Administrator, or by a community pursuant to 
section 1360(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968,’’ after ‘‘Program rate maps’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) establish and adopt standards and require-
ments for development by States and communities of 
alternative flood insurance rate maps to be submitted 
to the Administrator pursuant to section 1360(a)(2) 
of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, taking 
into consideration the recommendations of the Tech-
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nical Mapping Advisory Council made pursuant to 
section 100215(m) of this Act (42 U.S.C. 4101a(m)); 
and 
‘‘(4) in the case of proposed alternative maps re-
ceived by the Administrator pursuant to such section 
1360(a)(2), not later than the expiration of the 6- 
month period beginning upon receipt of such proposed 
alternative maps— 
‘‘(A) determine whether such maps were de-
veloped in accordance with the standards and re-
quirements adopted pursuant to paragraph (3) 
of this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) approve or disapprove such proposed 
maps for use under National Flood Insurance 
Program.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘max-
imum’’ before ‘‘30-day period’’ each place such term 
appears in subparagraphs (B) and (C). 
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Union Calendar No. 185 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2246 
[Report No. 115–255] 
A BILL 
To repeal the mandatory flood insurance coverage 
requirement for commercial properties located in 
flood hazard areas and to provide for greater 
transfer of risk under the National Flood Insur-
ance Program to private capital and reinsurance 
markets, and for other purposes. 
JULY 25, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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