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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2318 
To amend the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to im-
prove mapping under the National Flood Insurance Program, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2019 
Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act 
of 2012 to improve mapping under the National Flood 
Insurance Program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flood Insurance Rate 
Map Interagency Technology Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘FIRM 
IT Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL FLOOD MAPPING PROGRAM. 
(a) SHARING AND USE OF MAPS AND DATA; INCLU-
SION OF CADASTRAL FEATURES IN RATE MAPS.—Section 
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100216(b) of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 
Act of 2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101b(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) consult and coordinate with the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Director of the United 
States Geological Survey, and the Adminis-
trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to obtain the most up-to-date 
maps and other information of those agencies, 
including information relating to topography, 
water flow, watershed characteristics, and any 
other issues that are relevant to identifying, re-
viewing, updating, maintaining, and publishing 
National 
Flood 
Insurance 
Program 
rate 
maps.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating 
clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), 
respectively, and adjusting the margins accord-
ingly; 
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(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) as clauses (i) through (v), respec-
tively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; 
(C) in the matter preceding clause (i), as 
so redesignated, by striking ‘‘Administrator 
shall include—’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘Administrator— 
‘‘(A) shall include—’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (A)(v), as so redesig-
nated, by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) may include— 
‘‘(i) any relevant information that is 
obtained under paragraph (1)(D); and 
‘‘(ii) cadastral features, including, for 
each cadastral feature— 
‘‘(I) the associated parcel identi-
fication data for that feature; and 
‘‘(II) to the maximum extent 
practicable, using public and private 
sector address data, the address of 
that feature.’’. 
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(b) FORMAT OF RATE MAPS.—Section 100216(c)(2) 
of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 
2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101b(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) not later than 5 years after the date 
on which the National Geodetic Survey com-
pletes the modernization of the National Spatial 
Reference System in 2022, updated to conform 
with the geospatial data provided by that sys-
tem; and 
‘‘(E) spatially accurate in accordance with 
the common protocols for geographic informa-
tion systems under section 216 of the E-Gov-
ernment Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note).’’. 
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