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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1666
To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow for the consider-
ation of private flood insurance for the purposes of applying continuous
coverage requirements, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 11, 2019
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 require-
ments, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. EFFECT OF PRIVATE FLOOD INSURANCE COV-
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ERAGE
ON
CONTINUOUS
COVERAGE
RE-
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QUIREMENTS.
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Section 1308 of the National Flood Insurance Act of
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1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015) is amended by adding at the end
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the following:
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‘‘(n) EFFECT OF PRIVATE FLOOD INSURANCE COV-
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ERAGE ON CONTINUOUS COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.—
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For purposes of applying any statutory, regulatory, or ad-
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ministrative continuous coverage requirement, including
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under section 1307(g)(1), the Administrator shall consider
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any period during which a property was continuously cov-
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ered by a flood insurance policy, either offered through
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the national flood insurance program or private market,
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that was used to satisfy the requirements under section
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102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42
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U.S.C. 4012a(a)) to be a period of continuous coverage.’’.
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