IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3139 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 30, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To extend the authorization of the national flood insurance 
program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Flood Insur-
ance Program Extension Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM EXTENSION.—Section 1319 of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 31, 2010’’. 
(b) FINANCING.—Section 1309(a) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 4016(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2008’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2010’’. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR MITIGATION 
OF SEVERE REPETITIVE LOSS PROPERTIES. 
Section 1361A of the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4102a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ‘‘2005, 
2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2009 
and 2010’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (l). 
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SEC. 4. CONSIDERATION OF RECONSTRUCTION AND IM-
PROVEMENT OF FLOOD PROTECTION SYS-
TEMS IN DETERMINATION OF FLOOD INSUR-
ANCE RATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1307 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4014) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘con-
struction of a flood protection system’’ and in-
serting ‘‘construction, reconstruction, or im-
provement of a flood protection system (without 
respect to the level of Federal investment or 
participation)’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘construction of a flood 
protection system’’ and inserting ‘‘con-
struction, reconstruction, or improvement 
of a flood protection system’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘based on the present 
value of the completed system’’ after ‘‘has 
been expended’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in the first sentence in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(without re-
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spect to the level of Federal investment or par-
ticipation)’’ after ‘‘no longer does’’; 
(B) in the third sentence in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, wheth-
er coastal or riverine,’’ after ‘‘special flood haz-
ard’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Fed-
eral agency in consultation with the local 
project sponsor’’ and inserting ‘‘the entity or 
entities that own, operate, maintain, or repair 
such system’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall promul-
gate regulations to carry out the amendments made by 
subsection (a). Section 5 may not be construed to annul, 
alter, affect, authorize any waiver of, or establish any ex-
ception to, the requirement under the preceding sentence. 
SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION. 
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall implement this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act in a manner that will not materi-
ally weaken the financial position of the National Flood 
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Insurance Program or increase the risk of financial liabil-
ity to Federal taxpayers. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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