United States HR 2318: FIRM IT Act of 2019

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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2318
To amend the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to im-
prove mapping under the National Flood Insurance Program, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 12, 2019
Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Financial Services
A BILL
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flood Insurance Rate 4
Map Interagency Technology Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘FIRM 5
IT Act of 2019’’. 6
SEC. 2. NATIONAL FLOOD MAPPING PROGRAM. 7
(a) SHARING AND USE OF MAPS AND DATA; INCLU-8
SION OF CADASTRAL FEATURES IN RATE MAPS.—Section 9
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100216(b) of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform 1
Act of 2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101b(b)) is amended— 2
(1) in paragraph (1)— 3
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 4
‘‘and’’ at the end; 5
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 6
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7
(C) by adding at the end the following: 8
‘‘(D) consult and coordinate with the Sec-9
retary of Defense, the Director of the United 10
States Geological Survey, and the Adminis-11
trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 12
Administration to obtain the most up-to-date 13
maps and other information of those agencies, 14
including information relating to topography, 15
water flow, watershed characteristics, and any 16
other issues that are relevant to identifying, re-17
viewing, updating, maintaining, and publishing 18
National Flood Insurance Program rate 19
maps.’’; and 20
(2) in paragraph (3)— 21
(A) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating 22
clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), 23
respectively, and adjusting the margins accord-24
ingly; 25
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(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 1
through (E) as clauses (i) through (v), respec-2
tively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; 3
(C) in the matter preceding clause (i), as 4
so redesignated, by striking ‘‘Administrator 5
shall include—’’ and inserting the following: 6
‘‘Administrator— 7
‘‘(A) shall include—’’; 8
(D) in subparagraph (A)(v), as so redesig-9
nated, by striking the period at the end and in-10
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 11
(E) by adding at the end the following: 12
‘‘(B) may include— 13
‘‘(i) any relevant information that is 14
obtained under paragraph (1)(D); and 15
‘‘(ii) cadastral features, including, for 16
each cadastral feature— 17
‘‘(I) the associated parcel identi-18
fication data for that feature; and 19
‘‘(II) to the maximum extent 20
practicable, using public and private 21
sector address data, the address of 22
that feature.’’. 23
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(b) FORMAT OF RATE MAPS.—Section 100216(c)(2) 1
of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2
2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101b(c)(2)) is amended— 3
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 4
the end; 5
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 6
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7
(3) by adding at the end the following: 8
‘‘(D) not later than 5 years after the date 9
on which the National Geodetic Survey com-10
pletes the modernization of the National Spatial 11
Reference System in 2022, updated to conform 12
with the geospatial data provided by that sys-13
tem; and 14
‘‘(E) spatially accurate in accordance with 15
the common protocols for geographic informa-16
tion systems under section 216 of the E-Gov-17
ernment Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note).’’. 18
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