a local governmental agency in an amount exceeding 
3 times the amount that the agency certifies, as the 
Director shall require, that the agency will contribute 
from non-Federal funds to be used with grant 
amounts only for carrying out activities described in 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL
FUNDS.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘non-Federal funds’ includes 
State or local government agency amounts, in-kind 
contributions, any salary paid to staff to carry out 
the eligible activities of the grant recipient, the value 
of the time and services contributed by volunteers to 
carry out such services (at a rate determined by the 
Director), and the value of any donated material or 
building and the value of any lease on a building. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMITATION.—Notwith-
standing subsection (b), the Director may use not more than 
5 percent of amounts made available under subsection (g) 
to cover salaries, expenses, and other administrative costs 
incurred by the Director in making grants and provide as-
sistance under this section. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION AND SELECTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide 
for local governmental agencies described in sub-
section (a) to submit applications for grants under 
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this section and for competitive selection, based on 
criteria established by the Director, of agencies sub-
mitting such applications to receive such grants. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting 
applications of local government agencies to receive 
grants under paragraph (1), the Director shall con-
sider— 
‘‘(A) the existence of a cooperative technical 
partner agreement between the local govern-
mental agency and the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency; 
‘‘(B) the history of flood losses in the rel-
evant area that have occurred to properties, both 
inside and outside the special flood hazards 
zones, which are not covered by flood insurance 
coverage; 
‘‘(C) the estimated percentage of high-risk 
properties located in the relevant area that are 
not covered by flood insurance; 
‘‘(D) demonstrated success of the local gov-
ernmental agency in generating voluntary pur-
chase of flood insurance; and 
‘‘(E) demonstrated technical capacity of the 
local governmental agency for outreach to indi-
vidual property owners. 
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‘‘(f) DIRECT OUTREACH BY FEMA.—In each fiscal 
year that amounts for grants are made available pursuant 
to subsection (h), the Director may use not more than 50 
percent of such amounts to carry out, and to enter into con-
tracts with other entities to carry out, activities described 
in subsection (b) in areas that the Director determines have 
the most immediate need for such activities. 
‘‘(g) REPORTING.—Each local government agency that 
receives a grant under this section, and each entity that 
receives amounts pursuant to subsection (f), shall submit 
a report to the Director, not later than 12 months after such 
amounts are first received, which shall include such infor-
mation as the Director considers appropriate to describe the 
activities conducted using such amounts and the effect of 
such activities on the retention or acquisition of flood insur-
ance coverage. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON CURRENT EFFORTS.—Not later than 
the expiration of the 60-day period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall submit a report to 
the Congress identifying and describing the marketing and 
outreach efforts then currently being undertaken to educate 
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consumers regarding the benefits of obtaining coverage 
under the national flood insurance program. 
SEC. 16. GRANTS FOR DIRECT FUNDING OF MITIGATION AC-
TIVITIES 
FOR 
INDIVIDUAL 
REPETITIVE 
CLAIMS PROPERTIES. 
(a) DIRECT GRANTS TO OWNERS.—Section 1323 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4030) is 
amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘DI-
RECT’’ before ‘‘GRANTS’’; and 
(2) in the matter in subsection (a) that precedes 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, to owners of such prop-
erties,’’ before ‘‘for mitigation actions’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘two’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Paragraph (9) of sec-
tion 1310(a) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4017(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘which shall 
remain available until expended,’’ after ‘‘any fiscal year,’’. 
SEC. 17. 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— 
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(1) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ‘‘2005, 2006, 
2007, 2008, and 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2008, 2009, 
2010, 2011, and 2012’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (l). 
SEC. 18. FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY OF PROPERTY DEMOLITION AND RE-
BUILDING.—Section 1366(e)(5)(B) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c(e)(5)(B)) is amend-
ed 
by 
striking 
‘‘or 
floodproofing’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘floodproofing, or demolition and rebuilding’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION
OF LIMITATIONS
ON AGGREGATE 
AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 1366 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 is amended by striking sub-
section (f). 
(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Subsection (a) of section 
1367 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4104d(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this title, amounts made available pursuant to this sub-
section shall not be subject to offsetting collections through 
premium rates for flood insurance coverage under this 
title.’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 1366 of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 is amended— 
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