(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 (B) of this 
paragraph) the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(L) a representative of flood insurance 
servicing companies; 
‘‘(M) a real estate professional; 
‘‘(N) a member of a professional mapping 
association or organization;’’. 
(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: 
‘‘(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
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
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
for such area in accordance with section 1363 or the 
Director provides otherwise.’’. 
(d) UPDATING UPON REQUEST OF COMMUNITY.— 
Paragraph (2) of section 1360(f) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)) is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘, except that such a revision or update shall be made 
at no cost to the unit of government making the request 
if the request is being made to reflect repairs and up-
grades to dams, levees, or other flood control projects 
under the jurisdiction and responsibility of the Federal 
Government’’. 
(e) 5-YEAR DISCOUNT OF FLOOD INSURANCE RATES 
FOR FORMERLY PROTECTED AREAS.—Section 1308 of 
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4015), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, 
is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘and sub-
section (g)’’ before the first comma; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) 5-YEAR
DISCOUNT
OF
FLOOD
INSURANCE 
RATES FOR FORMERLY PROTECTED AREAS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law relating to chargeable 
risk premium rates for flood insurance coverage under this