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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6236 
To require the Administrator to provide certain notices to property owners 
when undertaking remapping in geographic areas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Mr. ROSENDALE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator to provide certain notices to 
property owners when undertaking remapping in geo-
graphic areas, 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 ‘‘Fixing Announcements 
for Intermittent Remapping and Notification Expectations 
to Stop Surprises in Flood Insurance Act of 2021’’ or the 
‘‘FAIRNESS in Flood Insurance Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. MAPPING NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(k) ADDITIONAL
MAPPING
NOTICE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) NOTICE OF REMAPPING.—If the Adminis-
trator seeks to revise or update any floodplain areas 
and flood risk zones identified, delineated, or estab-
lished under this section, the Administrator shall 
provide notice of such intended remapping, not less 
than 15 days before such remapping process is to 
begin, to each owner of a property in the geographic 
area being remapped, including each owner of a 
property located in an area within the geographic 
area being remapped that previously was not des-
ignated as having special flood hazards. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE OF REMAPPING APPEALS PROC-
ESS.— 
‘‘(A) AT
THE
START
OF
THE
APPEALS 
PROCESS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—After completing a 
revision or update of any floodplain areas 
and flood risk zones identified, delineated, 
or established under this section, and prior 
to the implementation of such revision or 
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update, the Administrator shall, not later 
than 30 days before the date on which the 
appeals process begins, provide notice to 
each owner of a property in the geographic 
area being remapped, including each owner 
of a property located in an area within the 
geographic area being remapped that will 
be included in a special flood hazard area. 
‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—The notice required 
under this subparagraph shall— 
‘‘(I) notify the property owner 
that the remapping process has been 
completed; 
‘‘(II) in the case of a property 
owner whose property is within a spe-
cial flood hazard area, notify the 
property owner that flood insurance 
may be required and notify the prop-
erty owner of the approximate cost of 
such flood insurance; 
‘‘(III) notify the property owner 
that the remapping appeals process 
has begun; and 
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‘‘(IV) provide information to the 
property owner about the appeals 
process. 
‘‘(B) AT THE END OF THE APPEALS PROC-
ESS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—After completing a 
revision or update of any floodplain areas 
and flood risk zones identified, delineated, 
or established under this section, the Ad-
ministrator shall, not later than 15 days 
after the conclusion of the appeals period, 
provide notice to each owner of a property 
in the geographic area being remapped, in-
cluding each owner of a property located in 
an area within the geographic area being 
remapped that will be included in a special 
flood hazard area, that the remapping 
process has been completed and that the 
appeals process has concluded. 
‘‘(ii) CONTENTS.—The notice required 
under this subparagraph shall— 
‘‘(I) in the case of a property 
owner whose property is within a spe-
cial flood hazard area, notify the 
property owner that flood insurance 
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may be required and notify the prop-
erty owner of the approximate cost of 
such flood insurance; 
‘‘(II) notify the property owner of 
the date on which the appeals process 
for the remapping concluded; and 
‘‘(III) inform the property owner 
about additional avenues for recourse, 
including letters of map amendment 
and letters of map revision. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any 
notice requirement under this subsection, the 
Administrator shall— 
‘‘(i) provide notice by mail in the form 
of a letter; and 
‘‘(ii) where possible, ensure that a 
reasonable attempt is made to send the let-
ter to the mailing address of the owner of 
the property to which the notice relates if 
such address is different than the address 
of the property to which the notice relates. 
‘‘(B) 
CONTRACTING
LIMITATION.—The 
Administrator may not contract with a State, 
Tribe, or any political subdivision thereof, in-
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cluding a State department, agency, or local 
government, to provide notices required under 
this subsection.’’. 
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