‘‘(iii) a description of any hazard that 
might impact flooding, including, as deter-
mined by the Director— 
‘‘(I) land subsidence and coastal 
erosion areas; 
‘‘(II) sediment flow areas; 
‘‘(III) mud flow areas; 
‘‘(IV) ice jam areas; and 
‘‘(V) areas on coasts and inland 
that are subject to the failure of 
structural protective works, such as 
levees, dams, and floodwalls. 
‘‘(3) STANDARDS.—In updating and maintain-
ing maps under this subsection, the Director shall 
establish standards to— 
‘‘(A) ensure that maps are adequate for— 
‘‘(i) flood risk determinations; and 
‘‘(ii) use by State and local govern-
ments in managing development to reduce 
the risk of flooding; 
‘‘(B) facilitate the Director, in conjunction 
with State and local governments, to identify 
and use consistent methods of data collection 
and analysis in developing maps for commu-
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nities with similar flood risks, as determined by 
the Director; and 
‘‘(C) ensure that emerging weather fore-
casting technology is used, where practicable, in 
flood map evaluations and the identification of 
potential risk areas. 
‘‘(4) HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA MAPPING 
PRIORITY.—In updating and maintaining maps 
under this subsection, the Director shall— 
‘‘(A) give priority to the updating and 
maintenance of maps of coastal areas affected 
by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita to pro-
vide guidance with respect to hurricane recovery 
efforts; and 
‘‘(B) use the process of updating and 
maintaining maps under subparagraph (A) as a 
model for updating and maintaining other 
maps. 
‘‘(5) EDUCATION
PROGRAM.—The Director 
shall, after each update to a flood insurance pro-
gram rate map, in consultation with the chief execu-
tive officer of each community affected by the up-
date, conduct a program to educate each such com-
munity about the update to the flood insurance pro-
gram rate map and the effects of the update. 
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‘‘(6) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than June 
30 of each year, the Director shall submit a report 
to the Congress describing, for the preceding 12- 
month period, the activities of the Director under 
the program under this section and the reviews and 
updates of flood insurance program rate maps con-
ducted under the program. Each such annual report 
shall contain the most recent report of the Technical 
Mapping Advisory Council pursuant to section 
576(c)(3) of the National Flood Insurance Reform 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 4101 note). 
‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Direc-
tor to carry out this subsection $400,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013.’’. 
(b) REESTABLISHMENT
OF TECHNICAL MAPPING 
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR ONGOING MAPPING PROGRAM.— 
(1) REESTABLISHMENT.—There is reestab-
lished the Technical Mapping Advisory Council, in 
accordance with this subsection and section 576 of 
the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 
(42 U.S.C. 4101 note). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—Paragraph (1) of section 
576(b) of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act 
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 4101 note) is amended— 
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘14’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E), 
(F), (G), (H), (I), and (J) as subparagraphs 
(F), (G), (H), (K), (M), and (N), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) a representative of the Corps of Engi-
neers of the United States Army;’’; 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (H) 
(as so redesignated by subparagraph (B) of this 
paragraph) the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(I) a representative of local or regional 
flood and stormwater agencies; 
‘‘(J) a representative of State geographic 
information coordinators;’’; and 
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (K) 
(as so redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this 
paragraph) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(L) a representative of flood insurance 
servicing companies;’’. 
(3) TERMS OF MEMBERS AND APPOINTMENT.— 
Section 576(b) of the National Flood Insurance Re-
form Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 4101 note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) TERMS OF MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 
Council pursuant to any of subparagraphs (B) 
through (N) of paragraph (1) shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 5 years, except as pro-
vided in subparagraphs (B) and (C). 
‘‘(B) TERMS OF INITIAL APPOINTEES.—As 
designated by the Director (or the designee of 
the Director) at the time of appointment, of the 
members of the Council first appointed pursu-
ant to subparagraph (D)— 
‘‘(i) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 
1 year; 
‘‘(ii) 4 shall be appointed for a term 
of 3 years; and 
‘‘(iii) 5 shall be appointed for a term 
of 5 years. 
‘‘(C) VACANCIES.—Any member of the 
Council appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 
before the expiration of the term for which the 
member’s predecessor was appointed shall be 
appointed only for the remainder of that term. 
A member may serve after the expiration of 
that member’s term until a successor has taken 
office. A vacancy in the Council shall be filled 
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in the manner in which the original appoint-
ment was made. 
‘‘(D) INITIAL APPOINTMENT.—The Direc-
tor, or the Director’s designee, shall take action 
as soon as possible after the date of the enact-
ment of the Flood Insurance Reform and Mod-
ernization Act of 2007 to appoint the members 
of the Council pursuant to this subsection.’’. 
(4) DUTIES.—Subsection (c) of section 576 of 
the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 
(42 U.S.C. 4101 note) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Council shall— 
‘‘(1) make recommendations to the Director for 
improvements to the flood map modernization pro-
gram under section 1360(k) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 41010(k)); 
‘‘(2) make recommendations to the Director for 
maintaining a modernized inventory of flood hazard 
maps and information; and 
‘‘(3) submit an annual report to the Director 
that contains a description of the activities and rec-
ommendations of the Council.’’. 
(5) ELIMINATION
OF
TERMINATION.—Section 
576 of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 
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1994 (42 U.S.C. 4101 note) is amended by striking 
subsection (k) and inserting the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(k) CONTINUED EXISTENCE.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.; 
relating to termination of advisory committees) shall not 
apply to the Council.’’. 
(c) POST-DISASTER FLOOD ELEVATION DETERMINA-
TIONS.—Section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), as amended by the pre-
ceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) 
INTERIM
POST-DISASTER
FLOOD
ELE-
VATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section or section 1363, the Direc-
tor may, after any flood-related disaster, establish by 
order interim flood elevation requirements for pur-
poses of the national flood insurance program for 
any areas affected by such flood-related disaster. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVENESS.—Such interim elevation 
requirements for such an area shall take effect im-
mediately upon issuance and may remain in effect 
until the Director establishes new flood elevations 
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for such area in accordance with section 1363 or the 
Director provides otherwise.’’. 
SEC. 23. NOTIFICATION AND APPEAL OF MAP CHANGES; 
NOTIFICATION 
OF 
ESTABLISHMENT 
OF 
FLOOD ELEVATIONS. 
Section 1363 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104) is amended by striking the section 
designation and all that follows through the end of sub-
section (a) and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1363. (a) In establishing projected flood ele-
vations for land use purposes with respect to any commu-
nity pursuant to section 1361, the Director shall first pro-
pose such determinations— 
‘‘(1) by providing the chief executive officer of 
each community affected by the proposed elevations, 
by certified mail, with a return receipt requested, 
notice of the elevations, including a copy of the maps 
for the elevations for such community and a state-
ment explaining the process under this section to ap-
peal for changes in such elevations; 
‘‘(2) by causing notice of such elevations to be 
published in the Federal Register, which notice shall 
include information sufficient to identify the ele-
vation determinations and the communities affected, 
information explaining how to obtain copies of the 
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