Flood Insurance Rate Map Interagency Technology Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.4605 | Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill (R-FL)
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
Flood Insurance Rate Map Interagency Technology Act of 2021 or the FIRM IT Act of 2021
This bill modifies technical requirements for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rate maps (community maps delineating flood hazard areas, flood elevations, and flood risk zones that are applicable to flood insurance rate determination). Specifically, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must consult with the Department of Defense, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to obtain information relevant to NFIP rate maps. FEMA may include this data, as well as specified property survey information, in NFIP rate maps. The format of NFIP rate maps must conform to specified data and protocols.

To amend the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to 
  improve mapping under the National Flood Insurance Program, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Flood Insurance Rate Map Interagency 
Technology Act of 2021'' or the ``FIRM IT Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL FLOOD MAPPING PROGRAM.

    (a) Sharing and Use of Maps and Data; Inclusion of Cadastral 
Features in Rate Maps.--Section 100216(b) of the Biggert-Waters Flood 
Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101b(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) consult and coordinate with the Secretary of 
                Defense, the Director of the United States Geological 
                Survey, and the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration to obtain the most up-
                to-date maps and other information of those agencies, 
                including information relating to topography, water 
                flow, watershed characteristics, and any other issues 
                that are relevant to identifying, reviewing, updating, 
                maintaining, and publishing National Flood Insurance 
                Program rate maps.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses 
                (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, 
                and adjusting the margins accordingly;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) 
                as clauses (i) through (v), respectively, and adjusting 
                the margins accordingly;
                    (C) in the matter preceding clause (i), as so 
                redesignated, by striking ``Administrator shall 
                include--'' and inserting the following: 
                ``Administrator--
                    ``(A) shall include--'';
                    (D) in subparagraph (A)(v), as so redesignated, by 
                striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; 
                and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) may include--
                            ``(i) any relevant information that is 
                        obtained under paragraph (1)(D); and
                            ``(ii) cadastral features, including, for 
                        each cadastral feature--
                                    ``(I) the associated parcel 
                                identification data for that feature; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) to the maximum extent 
                                practicable, using public and private 
                                sector address data, the address of 
                                that feature.''.
    (b) Format of Rate Maps.--Section 100216(c)(2) of the Biggert-
Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101b(c)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) not later than 5 years after the date on 
                which the National Geodetic Survey completes the 
                modernization of the National Spatial Reference System 
                in 2022, updated to conform with the geospatial data 
                provided by that system; and
                    ``(E) spatially accurate in accordance with the 
                common protocols for geographic information systems 
                under section 216 of the E-Government Act of 2002 (44 
                U.S.C. 3501 note).''.
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