To require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to enhance communication and outreach to States, Communities, and property owners about the effects of changes to flood risk maps and flood insurance purchase requirements, and to engage with communities to enhance communication and outreach to their residents on such matters.

SA 4733. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Schumer, Mr.
Nelson of Florida, and Mrs. Clinton) submitted an amendment intended to
be proposed to amendment SA 4707 proposed by Mr. Dodd (for himself and
Mr. Shelby) to the bill S. 2284, to amend the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance
fund, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 34, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
(d) Communication and Outreach.--
(1) In general.--The Director shall--
(A) work to enhance communication and outreach to States,
local communities, and property owners about the effects of--
(i) any potential changes to National Flood Insurance
Program rate maps that may result from the mapping program
required under this section; and
(ii) that any such changes may have on flood insurance
purchase requirements; and
(B) engage with local communities to enhance communication
and outreach to the residents of such communities on the
matters described under subparagraph (A).
(2) Required activities.--The communication and outreach
activities required under paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) notifying property owners when their properties become
included in, or when they are excluded from, an area having
special flood hazards and the effect of such inclusion or
exclusion on the applicability of the mandatory flood
insurance purchase requirement under section 102 of the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) to such
properties;
(B) educating property owners regarding the flood risk and
reduction of this risk in their community, including the
continued flood risks to areas that are no longer subject to
the flood insurance mandatory purchase requirement;
(C) educating property owners regarding the benefits and
costs of maintaining or acquiring flood insurance, including,
where applicable, lower-cost preferred risk policies under
the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4011 et
seq.) for such properties and the contents of such
properties;
(D) educating property owners about flood map revisions and
the process available such owners to appeal proposed changes
in flood elevations through their community; and
(E) encouraging property owners to maintain or acquire
flood insurance coverage.
On page 34, line 15, strike ``(d)'' and insert ``(e)''.
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