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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7270 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to clarify 
the authority of the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration with respect to post-storm assessments, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2018 
Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself and Mr. CRIST) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Fi-
nancial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 to clarify the authority of the Administrator of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
with respect to post-storm assessments, 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 ‘‘COASTAL Implemen-
tation Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. NAMED STORM EVENT MODEL AND POST-STORM 
ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE OMNIBUS PUBLIC LAND 
MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2009.—Section 12312 of the Om-
nibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 
3611) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, 
except that the term shall not apply with re-
spect to a State or territory that has an oper-
ational wind and flood loss allocation system.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘sus-
tained’’ before ‘‘winds’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘that 
threaten any portion of a coastal State’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for which post-storm assessments are 
conducted’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘540 days after 
the date of the enactment of the Con-
sumer Option for an Alternative Sys-
tem to Allocate Losses Act of 2012’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2019’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘by regulation’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘every’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC REVIEW.—The Administrator 
shall seek input and suggestions from the public 
before the Named Storm Event Model, or any 
modification to the Named Storm Event Model, 
takes effect.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) as subparagraphs (D) and 
(E), respectively; 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(B) DATA COLLECTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Upon identifica-
tion of a named storm under subparagraph 
(A), and pursuant to the protocol estab-
lished under subsection (c), the Adminis-
trator may deploy sensors to enhance the 
collection of covered data in the areas in 
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coastal States that the Administrator de-
termines are at the highest risk of experi-
encing geophysical events that would cause 
indeterminate losses. 
‘‘(ii) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—If 
the Administrator takes action under 
clause (i), that action may not be con-
strued as indicating that a post-storm as-
sessment will be developed for any coastal 
State in which that action is taken. 
‘‘(C) IDENTIFICATION OF INDETERMINATE 
LOSSES IN COASTAL STATES.—Not later than 
30 days after the first date on which sustained 
winds of not less than 39 miles per hour are 
measured in a coastal State during a named 
storm identified under subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 
Administrator with respect to the existence of 
any indeterminate losses in that coastal State 
resulting from that named storm.’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D), as so redes-
ignated— 
(I) by striking ‘‘identification of 
a named storm under subparagraph 
(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘confirmation of 
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indeterminate losses identified under 
subparagraph (C) with respect to a 
named storm’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘assessment for 
such named storm’’ and inserting ‘‘as-
sessment for each coastal State that 
suffered such indeterminate losses as 
a result of the named storm’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (E), as so redes-
ignated— 
(I) by striking ‘‘an identification 
of a named storm is made under sub-
paragraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘any in-
determinate 
losses 
are 
identified 
under subparagraph (C)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘for such storm 
under subparagraph (B)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘under subparagraph (D) for any 
coastal State that suffered such inde-
terminate losses’’; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) 
SEPARATE
POST-STORM
ASSESS-
MENTS FOR A SINGLE NAMED STORM.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 
may conduct a separate post-storm assess-
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ment for each coastal State in which inde-
terminate losses are identified under sub-
paragraph (C). 
‘‘(ii) TIMELINE.—If the Administrator 
conducts a separate post-storm assessment 
under clause (i), the Administrator shall 
complete the assessment based on the 
dates of actions that the Administrator 
takes under subparagraphs (C) and (D).’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘540 
days after the date of the enactment of the 
Consumer Option for an Alternative System to 
Allocate Losses Act of 2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2019’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, in the 
discretion of the Administrator,’’ after ‘‘of sen-
sors as may’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ‘‘and 
expend’’ after ‘‘receive’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSUR-
ANCE ACT OF 1968.—Section 1337 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4057) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, 
except that the term shall not apply with re-
spect to a State or territory that has an oper-
ational wind and flood loss allocation system.’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘sus-
tained’’ after ‘‘maximum’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘estab-
lish by rule’’ and inserting ‘‘publish for com-
ment in the Federal Register’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘Elevation Certificate’’ the following: ‘‘, or 
other data or information used to determine a 
property’s current risk of flood, as determined 
by the Administrator,’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘the 
issuance of the rule establishing the COASTAL For-
mula’’ and inserting ‘‘publication of the COASTAL 
Formula in the Federal Register as required by sub-
section (b)(1)’’; 
(4) in subsection (h)— 
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