Flood Insurance Rate Map Interagency Technology Act of 2021 (FIRM IT Act)
This bill amends the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to improve mapping under the National Flood Insurance Program. It requires consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the USGS, and NOAA to obtain up-to-date topographic and water flow data. Additionally, the legislation allows for the inclusion of cadastral features in rate maps and mandates that maps conform to the modernized National Spatial Reference System.
Key points
The Administrator must coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, USGS, and NOAA to obtain the most up-to-date maps and watershed information.
Insurance rate maps may now include cadastral features, such as parcel identification data and, where practicable, addresses.
Maps must be updated within 5 years of the modernization of the National Spatial Reference System to conform with its geospatial data.
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