(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 
inserting the following: ‘‘is authorized— 
‘‘(1) to consult’’; 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) to receive proposed alternative maps from 
communities developed pursuant to standards and 
requirements recommended by the Technical Map-
ping 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 Administrator as required by section 
100216(c)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4101b(c)(3)), 
so that the Administrator may— 
‘‘(A) publish information with respect to 
all flood plain areas, including coastal areas lo-
cated 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 
respect 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 
period 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 sub-
mitted to the Administrator pursuant to section 
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1360(a)(2) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968, taking into consideration the recommenda-
tions of the Technical 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 
received by the Administrator pursuant to such sec-
tion 1360(a)(2), not later than the expiration of the 
6-month period beginning upon receipt of such pro-
posed alternative maps— 
‘‘(A) determine whether such maps were 
developed in accordance with the standards and 
requirements 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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