FIRM IT Act of 2019

I 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2318.IH H2318 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2318 IH 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2318.IH H2318 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2318 IH (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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2318.IH H2318 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 2318 IH (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 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Apr 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2318.IH H2318 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS