,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cchj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,rahall introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to delay any increases in      
premium rates for flood insurance       
coverage under the ,national ,flood     
,insurance ,program until the ,federal  
,emergency ,management ,agency completes
 a comprehensive review and updating of 
all flood insurance rate maps and the   
,army ,corps of ,engineers reviews and  
certifies that such maps include all    
flood mitigation and flood control      
projects completed by the ,corps4  #a4  
,congressional findings ,the ,congress  
finds that the ,administrator of the    
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
has the duty1 pursuant to section       
#ajjbaf of the ,biggert-,waters ,flood  
,insurance ,reform ,act of #bjab 7#db   
,u4,s4,c4 #daja;b7 and section #acfj7;f7
 of the ,national ,flood ,insurance ,act

 of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #daja7;f771 to 
review and update the flood insurance   
rate maps under the ,national ,flood    
,insurance ,program4  #b4 ,delay of     
flood insurance rate increases  7a7 ,in 
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 the risk premium rates
 for flood insurance coverage made      
available under the ,national ,flood    
,insurance ,program shall not be        
increased from such rates in effect as  
of ,september #cj1 #bjac1 until--  7#a7 
the ,administrator of the ,federal      
,emergency ,management ,agency completes
 a first comprehensive review and       
updating of all flood insurance rate    
maps for such ,program under section    
#ajjbaf of the ,biggert-,waters ,flood  
,insurance ,reform ,act of #bjab 7#db   
,u4,s4,c4 #daja;b7 initiated after the  
date of the enactment of the            
,biggert-,waters ,flood ,insurance      
,reform ,act of #bjab2 and  7#b7 the    
,secretary of the ,army1 acting through 
the ,chief of ,engineers1 reviews and   

certifies that such rate maps accurately
 reflect all flood mitigation and flood 
control projects completed within the   
affected watershed by the ,army ,corps  
of ,engineers as of the date on which   
such rate maps were reviewed and updated
 as required by paragraph 7#a74  7b7    
,effective date2 refund of excess       
premium charges collected ,the          
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
take effect as if enacted as part of the
 ,biggert-,waters ,flood ,insurance     
,reform ,act of #bjab 7,public ,law     
#aab-ada2 #abf ,stat4 #iaf7 and the     
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency shall    
refund to insureds any premiums for     
flood insurance coverage under the      
,national ,flood ,insurance ,program    
collected in excess of the rates        
required under subsection 7a74