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(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON OFFSETTING COLLECTIONS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, amounts 
made available pursuant to this section shall not be sub-
ject to offsetting collections through premium rates for 
flood insurance coverage under this title. 
‘‘(e) CONTINUED AVAILABILITY
AND REALLOCA-
TION.—Any amounts made available pursuant to subpara-
graph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (b)(1) that are not 
used in any fiscal year shall continue to be available for 
the purposes specified in such subparagraph of subsection 
(b)(1) pursuant to which such amounts were made avail-
able, unless the Administrator determines that realloca-
tion of such unused amounts to meet demonstrated need 
for other mitigation activities under section 1366 is in the 
best interest of the National Flood Insurance Fund.’’. 
(f) INCREASED COST OF COMPLIANCE COVERAGE.— 
Section 1304(b)(4) of the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4011(b)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), 
and (E) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), respec-
tively. 
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SEC. 352. NOTIFICATION TO HOMEOWNERS REGARDING 
MANDATORY PURCHASE REQUIREMENT AP-
PLICABILITY AND RATE PHASE-INS. 
Section 201 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4105) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL NOTIFICATION.—The Administrator, in 
consultation with affected communities, shall establish and 
carry out a plan to notify residents of areas having special 
flood hazards, on an annual basis— 
‘‘(1) that they reside in such an area; 
‘‘(2) of the geographical boundaries of such 
area; 
‘‘(3) of whether section 1308(g) of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 applies to properties 
within such area; 
‘‘(4) of the provisions of section 102 requiring 
purchase of flood insurance coverage for properties 
located in such an area, including the date on which 
such provisions apply with respect to such area, tak-
ing into consideration section 102(i); and 
‘‘(5) of a general estimate of what similar 
homeowners in similar areas typically pay for flood 
insurance coverage, taking into consideration section 
1308(g) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968.’’. 
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SEC. 353. NOTIFICATION TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OF 
FLOOD MAP REVISIONS AND UPDATES. 
Section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), as amended by the preceding pro-
visions of this subtitle, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) NOTIFICATION TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OF 
MAP MODERNIZATION.—Upon any revision or update of 
any floodplain area or flood-risk zone pursuant to sub-
section (f), any decision pursuant to subsection (f)(1) that 
such revision or update is necessary, any issuance of pre-
liminary maps for such revision or updating, or any other 
significant action relating to any such revision or update, 
the Administrator shall notify the Senators for each State 
affected, and each Member of the House of Representa-
tives for each congressional district affected, by such revi-
sion or update in writing of the action taken.’’. 
SEC. 354. NOTIFICATION AND APPEAL OF MAP CHANGES; 
NOTIFICATION TO COMMUNITIES OF ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF FLOOD ELEVATIONS. 
Section 1363 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104) is amended by striking the section 
designation and all that follows through the end of sub-
section (a) and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1363. (a) In establishing projected flood ele-
vations for land use purposes with respect to any commu-
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nity pursuant to section 1361, the Administrator shall 
first propose such determinations— 
‘‘(1) by providing the chief executive officer of 
each community affected by the proposed elevations, 
by certified mail, with a return receipt requested, 
notice of the elevations, including a copy of the maps 
for the elevations for such community and a state-
ment explaining the process under this section to ap-
peal for changes in such elevations; 
‘‘(2) by causing notice of such elevations to be 
published in the Federal Register, which notice shall 
include information sufficient to identify the ele-
vation determinations and the communities affected, 
information explaining how to obtain copies of the 
elevations, and a statement explaining the process 
under this section to appeal for changes in the ele-
vations; 
‘‘(3) by publishing in a prominent local news-
paper the elevations, a description of the appeals 
process for flood determinations, and the mailing ad-
dress and telephone number of a person the owner 
may contact for more information or to initiate an 
appeal; 
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‘‘(4) by providing written notification, by first 
class mail, to each owner of real property affected by 
the proposed elevations of— 
‘‘(A) the status of such property, both 
prior to and after the effective date of the pro-
posed determination, with respect to flood zone 
and flood insurance requirements under this 
Act and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
1973; 
‘‘(B) the process under this section to ap-
peal a flood elevation determination; and 
‘‘(C) the mailing address and phone num-
ber of a person the owner may contact for more 
information or to initiate an appeal; and’’. 
SEC. 355. NOTIFICATION TO TENANTS OF AVAILABILITY OF 
CONTENTS INSURANCE. 
The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 is amend-
ed by inserting after section 1308 (42 U.S.C. 4015) the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1308A. NOTIFICATION TO TENANTS OF AVAILABILITY 
OF CONTENTS INSURANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, upon 
entering into a contract for flood insurance coverage under 
this title for any property— 
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‘‘(ii) in the case of a building code en-
forcement department serving an area with 
a population of between 20,001 and 
50,000, equal to not less than 25 percent 
of the total amount of any funds made 
available under this title that are used 
under this paragraph; and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a building code 
enforcement department serving an area 
with a population of less than 20,000, 
equal to not less than 12.5 percent of the 
total amount of any funds made available 
under this title that are used under this 
paragraph, 
except that the Secretary may waive the match-
ing fund requirements under this subparagraph, 
in whole or in part, based upon the level of eco-
nomic distress of the jurisdiction in which is lo-
cated the local building code enforcement de-
partment that is using amounts for purposes 
under this paragraph, and shall waive such 
matching fund requirements in whole for any 
recipient jurisdiction that has dedicated all 
building code permitting fees to the conduct of 
local building code enforcement; and 
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