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42 U.S.C. § 4101e — Identification of flood-prone areas
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**(a) Publication of information; establishment of flood-risk zones; estimates of flood-caused loss** The Administrator is authorized to consult with, receive information from, and enter into any agreements or other arrangements with the Secretaries of the Army, the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the heads of other Federal departments or agencies, on a reimbursement basis, or with the head of any State or local agency, or enter into contracts with any persons or private firms, in order that he may—
(1) identify and publish information with respect to all flood plain areas, including coastal areas located in the United States, which has special flood hazards, within five years following August 1, 1968, and
(2) establish or update flood-risk zone data in all such areas, and make estimates with respect to the rates of probable flood caused loss for the various flood risk zones for each of these areas until the date specified in [section 4026 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4026&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Accelerated identification of flood-risk zones; authority of Administrator: grants, technical assistance, transactions, and payments** The Administrator is directed to accelerate the identification of risk zones within flood-prone and mudslide-prone areas, as provided by subsection (a)(2) of this section, in order to make known the degree of hazard within each such zone at the earliest possible date. To accomplish this objective, the Administrator is authorized, without regard to subsections (a) and (b) of [section 3324 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3324&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 6101 of title 41](http
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**(a) Publication of information; establishment of flood-risk zones; estimates of flood-caused loss** The Administrator is authorized to consult with, receive information from, and enter into any agreements or other arrangements with the Secretaries of the Army, the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the heads of other Federal departments or agencies, on a reimbursement basis, or with the head of any State or local agency, or enter into contracts with any persons or private firms, in order that he may—
(1) identify and publish information with respect to all flood plain areas, including coastal areas located in the United States, which has special flood hazards, within five years following August 1, 1968, and
(2) establish or update flood-risk zone data in all such areas, and make estimates with respect to the rates of probable flood caused loss for the various flood risk zones for each of these areas until the date specified in [section 4026 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4026&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Accelerated identification of flood-risk zones; authority of Administrator: grants, technical assistance, transactions, and payments** The Administrator is directed to accelerate the identification of risk zones within flood-prone and mudslide-prone areas, as provided by subsection (a)(2) of this section, in order to make known the degree of hazard within each such zone at the earliest possible date. To accomplish this objective, the Administrator is authorized, without regard to subsections (a) and (b) of [section 3324 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3324&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 6101 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6101&num=0&edition=prelim), to make grants, provide technical assistance, and enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions, on such terms as he may deem appropriate, or consent to modifications thereof, and to make advance or progress payments in connection therewith.
**(c) Priority in allocation of manpower and other available resources for identification and mapping of flood hazard areas and flood-risk zones** The Secretary of Defense (through the Army Corps of Engineers), the Secretary of the Interior (through the United States Geological Survey), the Secretary of Agriculture (through the Soil Conservation Service), the Secretary of Commerce (through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the heads of all other Federal agencies engaged in the identification or delineation of flood-risk zones within the several States shall, in consultation with the Administrator, give the highest practicable priority in the allocation of available manpower and other available resources to the identification and mapping of flood hazard areas and flood-risk zones, in order to assist the Administrator to meet the deadline established by this section.
**(d) Plan for bringing communities with flood-risk zones into full program status** The Administrator shall, not later than September 30, 1984, submit to the Congress a plan for bringing all communities containing flood-risk zones into full program status by September 30, 1987.
**(e) Review of flood maps** Once during each 5-year period (the 1st such period beginning on September 23, 1994) or more often as the Administrator determines necessary, the Administrator shall assess the need to revise and update all floodplain areas and flood risk zones identified, delineated, or established under this section, based on an analysis of all natural hazards affecting flood risks.
**(f) Updating flood maps** The Administrator shall revise and update any floodplain areas and flood-risk zones—
(1) upon the determination of the Administrator, according to the assessment under subsection (e), that revision and updating are necessary for the areas and zones; or
(2) upon the request from any State or local government stating that specific floodplain areas or flood-risk zones in the State or locality need revision or updating, if sufficient technical data justifying the request is submitted and the unit of government making the request agrees to provide funds in an amount determined by the Administrator.
**(g) Availability of flood maps** To promote compliance with the requirements of this chapter, the Administrator shall make flood insurance rate maps and related information available free of charge to the Federal entities for lending regulation, Federal agency lenders, State agencies directly responsible for coordinating the national flood insurance program, and appropriate representatives of communities participating in the national flood insurance program, and at a reasonable cost to all other persons. Any receipts resulting from this subsection shall be deposited in the National Flood Insurance Fund, pursuant to [section 4017(b)(6) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4017/b/6&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(h) Notification of flood map changes** The Administrator shall cause notice to be published in the Federal Register (or shall provide notice by another comparable method) of any change to flood insurance map panels and any change to flood insurance map panels issued in the form of a letter of map amendment or a letter of map revision. Such notice shall be published or otherwise provided not later than 30 days after the map change or revision becomes effective. Notice by any method other than publication in the Federal Register shall include all pertinent information, provide for regular and frequent distribution, and be at least as accessible to map users as notice in the Federal Register. All notices under this subsection shall include information on how to obtain copies of the changes or revisions.
**(i) Compendia of flood map changes** Every 6 months, the Administrator shall publish separately in their entirety within a compendium, all changes and revisions to flood insurance map panels and all letters of map amendment and letters of map revision for which notice was published in the Federal Register or otherwise provided during the preceding 6 months. The Administrator shall make such compendia available, free of charge, to Federal entities for lending regulation, Federal agency lenders, and States and communities participating in the national flood insurance program pursuant to [section 4017 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4017&num=0&edition=prelim) and at cost to all other parties. Any receipts resulting from this subsection shall be deposited in the National Flood Insurance Fund, pursuant to [section 4017(b)(6) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4017/b/6&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(j) Provision of information** In the implementation of revisions to and updates of flood insurance rate maps, the Administrator shall share information, to the extent appropriate, with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and representatives from State coastal zone management programs.
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**(a)** Except as provided in this section, a payment under a contract to provide a service or deliver an article for the United States Government may not be more than the value of the service already provided or the article already delivered.
**(b)** An advance of public money may be made only if it is authorized by—
(1) a specific appropriation or other law; or
(2) the President to be made to—
(A) a disbursing official if the President decides the advance is necessary to carry out—
(i) the duties of the official promptly and faithfully; and
(ii) an obligation of the Government; or
(B) an individual serving in the armed forces at a distant station if the President decides the advance is necessary to disburse regularly pay and allowances.
**(c)** Before the Secretary of the Treasury acts on a requisition for an advance, the Comptroller General shall act on the requisition under [section 3522 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3522&num=0&edition=prelim). The Comptroller General does not countersign a requisition for an advance.
**(d)** The head of an agency may pay in advance from appropriations available for the purpose—
(1) to the Secretary of the Army, charges for messages sent by the Secretary of the Army for the head of the agency, including charges for—
(A) payment of tolls of commercial carriers;
(B) leasing facilities for sending messages; and
(C) installing and maintaining facilities for sending messages; and
(2) charges for a publication printed or recorded in any way for the auditory or visual use of the agency.
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**(a)** There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may from time to time be necessary to carry out this chapter, including sums—
(1) to cover administrative expenses authorized under [section 4126 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4126&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) to reimburse the National Flood Insurance Fund established under [section 4017 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4017&num=0&edition=prelim) for—
(A) premium equalization payments under [section 4054 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4054&num=0&edition=prelim) which have been made from such fund; and
(B) reinsurance claims paid under the excess loss reinsurance coverage provided under [section 4055 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4055&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(3) to make such other payments as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
**(b)** All such funds shall be available without fiscal year limitation.
**(c)** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary through the date specified in [section 4026 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4026&num=0&edition=prelim), for studies under this chapter.
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**(a) Requirement to participate** In the case of the occurrence of a major disaster, as defined in [section 5122 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5122&num=0&edition=prelim), that may have resulted in flood damage covered under the national flood insurance program established under this chapter and other personal lines residential property insurance coverage offered by a State regulated insurer, upon a request made by the insurance commissioner of a State (or such other official responsible for regulating the business of insurance in the State) for the participation of representatives of the Administrator in a program sponsored by such State for nonbinding mediation of insurance claims resulting from a major disaster, the Administrator shall cause representatives of the national flood insurance program to participate in such a State program where claims under the national flood insurance program are involved to expedite settlement of flood damage claims resulting from such disaster.
**(b) Extent of participation** In satisfying the requirements of subsection (a), the Administrator shall require that each representative of the Administrator—
(1) be certified for purposes of the national flood insurance program to settle claims against such program resulting from such disaster in amounts up to the limits of policies under such program;
(2) attend State-sponsored mediation meetings regarding flood insurance claims resulting from such disaster at such times and places as may be arranged by the State;
(3) participate in good-faith negotiations toward the settlement of such claims with policyholders of coverage made available under the national flood insurance program; and
(4) finalize the settlement of such claim
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(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.
(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established a committee to be known as the “Committee on Levee Safety”.
**(b) Membership** The committee shall be composed of 16 members as follows:
(1) **Nonvoting members.—** — The following 2 nonvoting members:
(A) The Secretary (or a designee of the Secretary).
(B) The Administrator (or a designee of the Administrator).
(2) The following 14 voting members appointed by the Secretary:
(A) Eight representatives of State levee safety agencies, one from each of the eight civil works divisions of the Corps of Engineers.
(B) Two representatives of the private sector who have expertise in levee safety.
(C) Two representatives of local and regional governmental agencies who have expertise in levee safety.
(D) Two representatives of Indian tribes who have expertise in levee safety.
**(c) Administration**
(1) **Terms of voting members**
(A) *In general* — A voting member of the committee shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, except that, of the members first appointed—
(i) 5 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year;
(ii) 5 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and
(iii) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.
(B) *Reappointment* — A voting member of the committee may be reappointed to the committee, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(C) *Vacancies* — A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.
(2) **Chairperson**
(A) *In general* — The voting members of the committee shall appoint a chairperson from among the voting members of the committee.
(B) *Term* — The chairperson shall serve a term of not more than 2 years.
**(d) Standing committees**
(1) **In general** — The committee may establish standing committees com
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No cause of action shall exist and no claim may be brought against the United States for violation of any notification requirement imposed upon the United States by this subtitle or any amendment made by this subtitle.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section—
(1) **Appropriation.—** — The term “appropriation” includes amounts made available by legislation under [section 9104 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9104&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Federal government.—** — The term “Federal Government” includes the government of the District of Columbia.
**(b) Purchases.—**
(1) **In general.—** — Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation concerned or other law, purchases and contracts for supplies or services for the Federal Government may be made or entered into only after advertising for proposals for a sufficient time.
(2) **Limitations on applicability.—** — Paragraph (1) does not apply when—
(A) the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $25,000;
(B) public exigencies require the immediate delivery of articles or performance of services;
(C) only one source of supply is available and the Federal Government purchasing or contracting officer so certifies; or
(D) services are required to be performed by a contractor in person and are—
(i) of a technical and professional nature; or
(ii) under Federal Government supervision and paid for on a time basis.
**(c) Sales.—** Except when otherwise authorized by law or when the reasonable value involved in any one case does not exceed $500, sales and contracts of sale by the Federal Government are governed by the requirements of this section for advertising.
**(d) Application to Wholly Owned Government Corporations.—** For wholly owned Government corporations, this section applies only to administrative transactions.
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**(a) In general** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any other disclosures that may be required, each policy under the National Flood Insurance Program shall state all conditions, exclusions, and other limitations pertaining to coverage under the subject policy, regardless of the underlying insurance product, in plain English, in boldface type, and in a font size that is twice the size of the text of the body of the policy.
**(b) Violations** The Administrator may impose a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 on any person that fails to comply with subsection (a).
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 4102
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 216 of the E–Government Act of 2002, referred
to in subsec. (b)(1), is section 216 of Pub. L. 107–347,
which is set out in a note under section 3501 of Title 44,
Public Printing and Documents.
Executive Order 12906, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is
Ex. Ord. No. 12906, Apr. 11, 1994, 59 F.R. 17671, which is
set out as a note under section 1457 of Title 43, Public
Lands.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Biggert-Waters
Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and also as part of
the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act,
also known as the MAP–21, and not as part of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 which comprises this
chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
DEFINITIONS
For definitions of terms used in this section, see sec-
tion 4004 of this title.
§ 4101d. Flood insurance rate map certification
The Administrator shall implement a flood
mapping program for the National Flood Insur-
ance Program, only after review by the Tech-
nical Mapping Advisory Council, that, when ap-
plied, results in technically credible flood haz-
ard data in all areas where Flood Insurance Rate
Maps are prepared or updated, shall certify in
writing to the Congress when such a program
has been implemented, and shall provide to the
Congress the Technical Mapping Advisory Coun-
cil review report.
(Pub. L. 113–89, § 17, Mar. 21, 2014, 128 Stat. 1027.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Homeowner Flood
Insurance Affordability Act of 2014, and not as part of
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 which com-
prises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
DEFINITIONS
For definitions of terms
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