An amendment numbered 12 printed in House Report 109-530 to direct FEMA to utilize `a methodologically valid approach for sampling files selected for operational reviews and quality assurance claims reinspections.' A 2005 GAO study highlighted FEMA's oversight failures, stating that, `FEMA cannot . . . determine the overall accuracy of claims settled for specific flood events or assess the overall performance of insurance companies and their adjusters in fulfilling their responsibilities for the NFIP' (GAO-06-183T National Flood Insurance Program). Improves the oversight and accountability of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

1. Adds SECTION 20. SAMPLING METHODS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE at the end of the bill

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SECTION 20. SAMPLING METHODS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE.

   Inserted: Section 1345 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4081) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(d) Sampling Methods for Quality Assurance.--In selecting the cases and claims for operational reviews and claims re-inspections regarding the national flood insurance program under this title, the Director shall use a statistically valid probability sample whose results can be generalized to the entire population of reviews and claims from which the sample is drawn and whose sampling error can be quantified.".

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   At the end of the bill, add the following new section:

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