To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow for the consideration of private flood insurance for the purposes of applying continuous coverage requirements, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-900
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2023-02-09
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency to allow a period of private flood insurance coverage to count towards continuous coverage requirements as part of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Property owners must maintain continuous flood insurance coverage to qualify for certain NFIP subsidies.

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 900 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2023 Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself and Mr. Luetkemeyer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow for the consideration of private flood insurance for the purposes of applying continuous coverage requirements, and for other purposes.

1. Effect of Private Flood Insurance Coverage on Continuous Coverage Requirements Section 1308 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4015 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (n) Effect of Private Flood Insurance Coverage on Continuous Coverage Requirements For purposes of applying any statutory, regulatory, or administrative continuous coverage requirement, including under section 1307(g)(1), the Administrator shall consider any period during which a property was continuously covered by a flood insurance policy, either offered through the national flood insurance program or private market, that was used to satisfy the requirements under section 102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4012a(a) ) to be a period of continuous coverage. .