114 HR 8230 IH: Integrating New Technologies to Empower Law Enforcement at Our Borders Act
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I116th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 8230IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 11, 2020Ms. Slotkin (for herself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Taylor, and Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland SecurityA BILLTo require the Department of Homeland Security to develop a comprehensive plan to identify, deploy, and integrate emerging technologies to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern borders of the United States.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Integrating New Technologies to Empower Law Enforcement at Our Borders Act. 2.FindingsCongress finds the following:(1)Our border security is directly tied to our national security.(2)U.S. Customs and Border Protection faces a daunting challenge in maintaining situational awareness along the United States northern and southern borders. (3)The United States northern border is the longest common non-militarized border between two countries.(4)The United States southern border is nearly 2,000 miles long, stretching across rugged and varied terrain.(5)Emerging technologies present an opportunity to reduce current strains on manpower while improving situational awareness along the northern and southern borders.(6)U.S. Customs and Border Protection is currently testing a number of emerging technology programs that will help improve situational awareness along the northern and southern borders.(7)Successfully integrating these technologies into a layered border defense requires a strategic plan for transitioning new programs from the testing and development stage to wide-scale implementation along both the northern and southern borders.3.Comprehensive plan to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern borders of the United States(a)In generalNot later than 180 days after the date the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a plan to identify, deploy, and integrate emerging and advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine-learning, automation, fiber-optic sensing technology, nanotechnology, optical and cognitive radar, modeling and simulation technology, hyperspectral and LIDAR sensors, imaging, identification, and categorization systems, and other similar emerging and advanced technologies, to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern borders of the United States between ports of entry.(b)ContentsThe plan required under subsection (a) shall include the following:(1)An assessment of how U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is currently utilizing emerging and advanced technologies referred to in such subsection to achieve situational awareness along the northern and southern borders of the United States.(2)An assessment of how border security capability gaps can be addressed through the integration and deployment of such technologies.(3)Cost estimates for the acquisition and maintenance, as the case may be, of technologies referred to in such subsection.(4)Metrics to measure how technologies referred to in such subsection will assist in supporting CBP’s mission.(5)An assessment of how metrics referred to in paragraph (4) can be used to facilitate improvements in situational awareness at the northern and southern borders of the United States.(6)An assessment of how the integration of such technologies will support the improvement of multi-domain awareness capabilities.(7)An analysis of technologies used by other Federal departments and agencies not in use by CBP that could assist in improving situational awareness, and how such technologies would be utilized.(8)An analysis of authorities CBP can use to procure technologies referred to in such subsection, and whether additional or alternative authorities are needed.(9)An explanation of how CBP plans to scale existing programs related to emerging and advanced technologies and efficiently transition new technology systems into programs of record.(10)An assessment of CBP legacy technology programs that could be phased out and replaced by technologies referred to in such subsection and cost estimates relating to phasing out and replacing such programs.(11)Information relating to how CBP is coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate to—(A)research and develop new technologies to meet mission needs and address gaps in situational awareness; and(B)incentivize the private sector to develop technologies that will help meet mission needs to address gaps in situational awareness.(c)DefinitionIn this section, the term situational awareness has the meaning given such term in section 1092(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 6 U.S.C. 223).


		III

		109th CONGRESS

		1st Session

		S. RES. 250

		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			September 22, 2005

			Mr. Coburn (for himself,

			 Mr. Allen, Mr.

			 Bingaman, Mr. Byrd,

			 Mr. Crapo, Mr.

			 Graham, Mr. Hagel,

			 Mr. Isakson, Mr. Levin, Ms.

			 Murkowski, Ms. Snowe,

			 Mr. Thune, Mr.

			 Bunning, Mrs. Clinton,

			 Mr. Dorgan, Mr.

			 Grassley, Mr. Lautenberg,

			 Mr. Santorum, Mr. Thomas, Mr.

			 Johnson, and Mr. Martinez)

			 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed

			 to

		RESOLUTION

		Supporting the goals and ideals of Gold

		  Star Mothers Day.

		Whereas the American Gold Star Mothers have suffered the

			 supreme sacrifice of motherhood by losing sons and daughters who served in the

			 Armed Forces, and thus perpetuate the memory of all whose lives were sacrificed

			 in our wars;

		Whereas the American Gold Star Mothers assist veterans of

			 the Armed Forces and their dependents in the presentation of claims to the

			 Veterans’ Administration, and aid the men and women who served and died or were

			 wounded or incapacitated during hostilities;

		Whereas the services rendered to the United States by the

			 mothers of America have strengthened and inspired our Nation throughout our

			 history;

		Whereas we honor ourselves and the mothers of America when

			 we revere and emphasize the role of the home and the family as the true

			 foundations of our Nation;

		Whereas by doing so much for the home, the American mother

			 is a source of moral and spiritual guidance for the people of the United States

			 and thus acts as a positive force to promote good government and peace among

			 all mankind; and

		Whereas September 25, 2005, is being recognized as Gold

			 Star Mothers Day: Now, therefore, be it

		That the Senate—

			(1)supports the goals

			 and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day; and

			(2)calls on the

			 people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and

			 activities.


113 HR 2284 IH: To amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize members of the Armed Forces not in uniform and veterans to render a military salute during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.
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I
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2284
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 6, 2013
Mr. Terry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL
To amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize members of the Armed Forces not in uniform and veterans to render a military salute during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.

1.Military salute during recitation of pledge of allegiance by members of the Armed Forces not in uniform and by veteransSection 4 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: Members of the Armed Forces not in uniform and veterans may render the military salute in the manner provided for persons in uniform..


		I
		112th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. R. 5679
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			May 9, 2012
			Mr. Bonner introduced
			 the following bill; which was referred to the
			 Committee on Ways and
			 Means

		A BILL
		To extend the temporary suspension of duty on mixtures of
		  5-methyl-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)–3-
		  (phenyl-amino)–2,4-oxazolidinedione](famoxadone), 2-cyano-N-[(ethylamino)-
		  carbonyl]-2-(methoxyimino)acetamide (Cymoxanil) and application
		  adjuvants.

		1.Mixtures of
			 5-methyl-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)–3-
			 (phenyl-amino)–2,4-oxazolidinedione](famoxadone), 2-cyano-N-[(ethylamino)-
			 carbonyl]-2-(methoxyimino)acetamide (Cymoxanil) and application
			 adjuvants
			(a)In
			 generalHeading 9902.12.45 of
			 the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to mixtures of
			 5-methyl-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)–3-
			 (phenyl-amino)–2,4-oxazolidinedione](famoxadone), 2-cyano-N-[(ethylamino)-
			 carbonyl]-2-(methoxyimino)acetamide (Cymoxanil) and application adjuvants) is
			 amended by striking the date in the effective period column and inserting
			 12/31/2015.
			(b)Effective
			 dateThe amendment made by subsection (a) applies to goods
			 entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day
			 after the date of the enactment of this Act.


		I
		111th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		H. R. 4679
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			February 24, 2010
			Mrs. Christensen
			 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
			 Committee on Ways and
			 Means

		A BILL
		To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to assist in
		  the recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by providing for a reduction
		  in the tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans’ assets which
		  are invested for at least 30 years, subject to defined withdrawals, under a
		  Virgin Islands investment program.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Virgin Islands Improvement Act of
			 2010.
		2.Tax-free
			 distributions from certain retirement plan assets invested under a virgin
			 islands investment program
			(a)In
			 generalPart I of subchapter D of chapter 1 of the Internal
			 Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus plans,
			 etc.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

					409B.Treatment of
				distributions from certain retirement plan assets invested under a virgin
				islands investment program
						(a)In
				generalIf an individual
				under the age of 61 makes a one-time designation of an amount of qualified
				retirement savings as being under investment by the Virgin Islands Investment
				Program for at least 30 years, then, as of the close of the 10th year, such
				amount (and any earnings properly allocable to such amount) shall be treated
				for purposes of this title—
							(1)as a designated
				Roth account in the case of qualified retirement savings described in
				subsection (b)(1), or
							(2)as a Roth IRA in
				the case of qualified retirement savings described in subsection (b)(2). No
				amount shall be includible in gross income by reason of the change in treatment
				under the preceding sentence.
							(b)Qualified
				retirement savingsFor purposes of this section, the term
				qualified retirement savings means—
							(1)amounts
				attributable to elective deferrals under an applicable retirement plan,
				and
							(2)amounts held in an
				individual retirement plan which is not a Roth IRA.
							(c)Virgin islands
				investment programFor purposes of this section—
							(1)In
				generalThe term Virgin Islands Investment Program
				means a program of the Virgin Islands which meets the requirements of
				paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5).
							(2)Maximum amount
				accepted for managementA program meets the requirements of this
				paragraph if the amount accepted for management under the program does not
				exceed $50,000,000,000.
							(3)Fees and
				taxesA program meets the requirements of this paragraph
				if—
								(A)the fees charged
				by investment managers under the program do not exceed the fees customarily
				imposed by investment managers for managing like qualified retirement savings
				outside the Virgin Islands Investment Program,
								(B)the program
				imposes an annual tax (in addition to the fees permitted under subparagraph
				(A)) equal to—
									(i)1.5 percent of the amount designated for
				management under the program for the first 10 years of the account, and
									(ii)1
				percent of the amount designated for management under the program for the
				remainder of the life of the account without regard to account balance,
				and
									(C)the 1 percent tax
				is imposed notwithstanding the Roth designation.
								(4)Investment
				managerA program meets the requirements of this paragraph if the
				investment managers under the program are chosen by the Governor of the Virgin
				Islands.
							(5)Separate
				accountingA program meets the requirements of this paragraph if
				the program—
								(A)establishes
				separate accounts for each type of qualified retirement savings held for the
				benefit of each individual and any earnings properly allocable to such assets,
				and
								(B)maintains separate
				recordkeeping with respect to each account.
								(d)Use of
				1 percent annual tax
							(1)Revenues to the
				virgin islands during first 20 years
								(A)In
				generalRevenues from the tax referred to in subsection (c)(3)(B)
				shall be collected, held, and distributed for the benefit of the Virgin Islands
				in a manner similar to section 7652(b) (relating to rum excise tax).
								(B)Distributions to
				virgin islandsFunds and accrued interest described in subsection
				(d)(1)(A) may be paid from escrow to the Virgin Islands for expenditure only
				if—
									(i)the expenditure is
				pursuant to a qualified infrastructure development plan, and
									(ii)the expenditure
				is approved by the Secretary of the Interior as being pursuant to such
				plan.
									(C)Qualified
				infrastructure development planFor purposes of this paragraph,
				the term qualified infrastructure development plan means a plan
				for improving and enhancing the infrastructure of the Virgin Islands which
				is—
									(i)developed and
				approved by the committee described in subparagraph (D), and
									(ii)approved by the
				Governor of the Virgin Islands.
									(D)CommitteeThe
				committee described in this subparagraph is a committee—
									(i)comprised of 5
				members, each serving a term of either three or five years—
										(I)2 of whom are
				appointed by the Governor of the Virgin Islands, one for a 3-year and one for a
				5-year term,
										(II)2 of whom are
				appointed by the Virgin Islands legislature, one for a 3-year and one for a
				5-year term, and
										(III)1 of whom is
				appointed by the Secretary of the Interior for a 5-year term, and
										(ii)with respect to
				which a vacancy is filled in the manner in which the original appointment was
				made.
									(2)Revenues to the
				united states and the virgin islands
								(A)During first 20
				yearsRevenues from the fee
				referred to in subsection (c)(3)(B) imposed on designated assets after the
				first 10 years under management by the Virgin Islands Investment Program shall
				be collected by the United States Treasury in a manner similar to section 7652,
				upon which—
									(i)1/3
				of the proceeds shall be distributed to the Virgin Islands for the first 10
				years of management, and
									(ii)half of the
				proceeds shall be distributed to the Virgin Islands for the next 10 years of
				management.
									(B)After the first
				20 yearsBeginning in the 21st year, the entire 1 percent tax
				collected shall be retained by the United States Treasury.
								(C)Minimum holding
				periodNo withdrawals may be made by an investor from the account
				during the minimum holding period of ten years. Should the investor choose to
				withdraw money from the account during the minimum holding period, the investor
				would forfeit the tax advantages of the Fund; any funds withdrawn would be
				included in gross income and subject to Federal income tax, minus payments of
				the 1 percent tax.
								(3)Early
				withdrawalShould an investor withdraw the entire balance of the
				funds after the 10-year minimum holding period but before the end of the 30
				years, his account will be liable for the entire 1 percent tax for each of the
				remaining years.
							(e)Other
				definitionsFor purposes of this section—
							(1)Elective
				deferrals; applicable retirement planThe terms elective
				deferrals and applicable retirement plan have the
				respective meanings given such terms by section 402A.
							(2)Virgin
				islandsThe term Virgin Islands means the United
				States Virgin Islands.
							(3)Secretary of the
				interiorThe term Secretary of the Interior means
				the Secretary of the Interior or his
				designee.
							.
			(b)Clerical
			 amendmentThe table of sections for such part I is amended by
			 adding at the end the following new item:

						Sec. 409B. Treatment of distributions from
				certain retirement plan assets invested under a Virgin Islands investment
				program.

					.
			(c)Effective
			 dateThe amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
			 date of the enactment of this Act.


109 HR 1536 IH: To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that are carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.
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109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1536
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 8, 2005
Mr. Coble introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that are carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.

1.Acrylic or modacrylic synthetic staple fibers, carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning
(a)In generalSubchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading:

9902.06.43 Synthetic staple fibers, carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning: acrylic or modacrylic (provided for in subheading 5506.30.00)FreeNo changeNo changeOn or before 12/31/2008.
(b)Effective dateThe amendment made by subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.


113 HR 508 IH: TRIA Reauthorization Act of 2013
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-02-05
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		I
		113th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 508
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			February 5, 2013
			Mr. Grimm (for
			 himself, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New
			 York, Mr. Sessions,
			 Mr. Carson of Indiana,
			 Mr. King of New York,
			 Mr. Meeks,
			 Mr. Ross, Mr. Bishop of New York,
			 Mr. Duffy, and
			 Mrs. McCarthy of New York) introduced
			 the following bill; which was referred to the
			 Committee on Financial
			 Services

		A BILL
		To extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program for five
		  years.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013
			 or the TRIA Reauthorization Act of 2013.
		2.Five-year
			 extension of Terrorism Risk Insurance Program
			(a)Program
			 yearsSection 102(11)(G) of
			 the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 6701 note) is amended by
			 striking 2014 and inserting 2019.
			(b)Timing of
			 mandatory recoupmentSection 103(e)(7)(E)(i)(III) of such Act is
			 amended by striking 2017 and inserting 2024.
			(c)Termination
			 dateSection 108(a) of such
			 Act is amended by striking 2014 and inserting
			 2019.


113 HR 2164 IH: Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2012
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-05-23
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		I
		113th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 2164
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			May 23, 2013
			Mr. Harris (for
			 himself, Mr. Lipinski,
			 Mr. Smith of New Jersey,
			 Mr. Fleming,
			 Mr. Johnson of Ohio, and
			 Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) introduced
			 the following bill; which was referred to the
			 Committee on the
			 Judiciary

		A BILL
		To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human
		  cloning.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Human Cloning Prohibition Act of
			 2012.
		2.FindingsCongress finds that—
			(1)some individuals
			 have announced that they will attempt to clone human beings using the technique
			 known as somatic cell nuclear transfer already used with limited success in
			 sheep and other animals;
			(2)nearly all
			 scientists agree that such attempts pose a massive risk of producing children
			 who are stillborn, unhealthy, or severely disabled, and considered opinion is
			 virtually unanimous that such attempts are therefore grossly irresponsible and
			 unethical;
			(3)efforts to create
			 human beings by cloning mark a new and decisive step toward turning human
			 reproduction into a manufacturing process in which children are made in
			 laboratories to preordained specifications and, potentially, in multiple
			 copies;
			(4)because it is an
			 asexual form of reproduction, cloning confounds the meaning of
			 father and mother and confuses the identity and
			 kinship relations of any cloned child, and thus threatens to weaken existing
			 notions regarding who bears which parental duties and responsibilities for
			 children;
			(5)because cloning
			 requires no personal involvement by the person whose genetic material is used,
			 cloning could easily be used to reproduce living or deceased persons without
			 their consent;
			(6)creating cloned
			 live-born human children (sometimes called reproductive cloning)
			 necessarily begins by creating cloned human embryos, a process which some also
			 propose as a way to create embryos for research or as sources of cells and
			 tissues for possible treatment of other humans;
			(7)the prospect of
			 creating new human life solely to be exploited and destroyed in this way has
			 been condemned on moral grounds by many, including supporters of a right to
			 abortion, as displaying a profound disrespect for life, and recent scientific
			 advances with adult stem cells indicate that there are fruitful and morally
			 unproblematic alternatives to this approach;
			(8)in order to be
			 effective, a ban on human cloning must stop the cloning process at the
			 beginning because—
				(A)cloning would take
			 place within the privacy of a doctor-patient relationship;
				(B)the transfer of
			 embryos to begin a pregnancy is a simple procedure; and
				(C)any government
			 effort to prevent the transfer of an existing embryo, or to prevent birth once
			 the transfer has occurred, would raise substantial moral, legal, and practical
			 issues, so that it will be nearly impossible to prevent attempts at
			 reproductive cloning once cloned human embryos are available in
			 the laboratory;
				(9)the scientifically
			 and medically useful practices of cloning of DNA fragments, known as molecular
			 cloning, the duplication of somatic cells (or stem cells) in tissue culture,
			 known as cell cloning, and whole-organism or embryo cloning of nonhuman animals
			 are appropriate uses of medical technology;
			(10)in the preamble
			 to the 1998 Additional Protocol on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings the
			 Council of Europe agreed that the instrumentalisation of human beings
			 through the deliberate creation of genetically identical human beings is
			 contrary to human dignity and thus constitutes a misuse of biology and
			 medicine;
			(11)collaborative
			 efforts to perform human cloning are conducted in ways that affect interstate
			 and even international commerce, and the legal status of cloning will have a
			 great impact on how biotechnology companies direct their resources for research
			 and development;
			(12)at least 23 countries have banned all human
			 cloning, including Canada, France, and Germany;
			(13)the United Nations has passed a declaration
			 calling for all human cloning to be banned by member nations; and
			(14)attempts to create cloned human embryos for
			 development of embryonic stem cell lines have been unsuccessful, including the
			 exploitation of over a hundred women in South Korea to provide over 2,000 human
			 eggs without the production of a single stem cell line.
			3.Prohibition on human
			 cloning
			(a)In
			 GeneralTitle 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting
			 after chapter 15 the following:

					16HUMAN
				CLONING

							Sec.
							301. Definitions.
							302. Prohibition on human
				  cloning.

						301.DefinitionsIn this chapter:
							(1)Human
				cloningThe term human cloning means human asexual
				reproduction, accomplished by introducing the nuclear material of a human
				somatic cell into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nucleus has been
				removed or inactivated to produce a living organism (at any stage of
				development) with a human or predominantly human genetic constitution.
							(2)Somatic
				cellThe term somatic cell means a diploid cell
				(having a complete set of chromosomes) obtained or derived from a living or
				deceased human body at any stage of development.
							302.Prohibition on
				human cloning
							(a)In
				GeneralIt shall be unlawful for any person or entity, public or
				private, in or affecting interstate commerce—
								(1)to perform or
				attempt to perform human cloning;
								(2)to participate in
				an attempt to perform human cloning; or
								(3)to ship or receive
				the product of human cloning for any purpose.
								(b)ImportationIt
				shall be unlawful for any person or entity, public or private, to import the
				product of human cloning for any purpose.
							(c)Penalties
								(1)In
				generalAny person or entity that is convicted of violating any
				provision of this section shall be fined under this section or imprisoned not
				more than 10 years, or both.
								(2)Civil
				penaltyAny person or entity that is convicted of violating any
				provision of this section shall be subject to, in the case of a violation that
				involves the derivation of a pecuniary gain, a civil penalty of not less than
				$1,000,000 and not more than an amount equal to the amount of the gross gain
				multiplied by 2, if that amount is greater than $1,000,000.
								(d)Scientific
				ResearchNothing in this section shall restrict areas of
				scientific research not specifically prohibited by this section, including
				research in the use of nuclear transfer or other cloning techniques to produce
				molecules, DNA, cells other than human embryos, tissues, organs, plants, or
				animals other than
				humans.
							.
			(b)Clerical
			 AmendmentThe table of chapters for part I of title 18, United
			 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 15 the
			 following:

						16.Human
				  Cloning301

					.


I
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1316
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 4, 2009
Mr. Sensenbrenner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

A BILL
To provide for appropriate notification of communities and homeowners of establishment of flood elevations for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program.

1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Flood Elevation Notification Act of 2009.
2.Notification of establishment of flood elevationsSection 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 subsection (a) and inserting the following:

1363.
(a)In establishing projected flood elevations for land use purposes with respect to any community pursuant to section 1361, the Director 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 statement explaining the process under this section to appeal 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 elevation 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 elevations;
(3)by publishing in a prominent local newspaper the elevations, a description of the appeals process for flood determinations, and the mailing address and telephone number of a person the owner may contact for more information or to initiate an appeal; and
(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 proposed 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 appeal a flood elevation determination; and
(C)the mailing address and phone number of a person the owner may contact for more information or to initiate an appeal. .