,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gchh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ba1       
#bjah,mr4 ,mac,arthur introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to extend the ,national     
,flood ,insurance ,program1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,national      
,flood ,insurance ,program ,competition 
and ,extension ,act of #bjah4  #b4      
,reauthorization of ,national ,flood    
,insurance ,program  7a7 ,financing     
,section #acji7;a7 of the ,national     
,flood ,insurance ,act of #aifh 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #djaf7;a77 is amended by      
striking ,december #g1 #bjah and        
inserting ,may #ca1 #bjai4  7b7 ,program
 expiration ,section #acai of the       
,national ,flood ,insurance ,act of     
#aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djbf7 is amended  
by striking ,december #g1 #bjah and     
inserting ,may #ca1 #bjai4  7c7         
,retroactive effective date ,if this    

,act is enacted after ,december #ba1    
#bjah1 the amendments made by           
subsections 7a7 and 7b7 shall take      
effect as if enacted on ,december #ba1  
#bjah4  #c4 ,elimination of non-compete 
requirement ,section #acde of the       
,national ,flood ,insurance ,act of     
#aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djha7 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7f7 ,authority ,to provide 
other flood coverage  7#a7 ,in general  
,the ,administrator may not1 as a       
condition of participating in the ,write
 ,your ,own ,program 7as such term is   
defined in section #ajjbjb7;a7 of the   
,biggert-,waters ,flood ,insurance      
,reform ,act of #bjab 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#djjd7;a777 or in otherwise             
participating in the utilization by the 
,administrator of the facilities and    
services of insurance companies1        
insurers1 insurance agents and brokers1 
and insurance adjustment organizations  
pursuant to the authority in this       
section1 nor as a condition of          

eligibility to engage in any other      
activities under the ,national ,flood   
,insurance ,program under this title1   
restrict any such company1 insurer1     
agent1 broker1 or organization from     
offering and selling private flood      
insurance 7as such term is defined in   
section #ajb7;b7 of the ,flood ,disaster
 ,protection ,act of #aigc 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #djab;a7b7774  7#b7 ,financial
 assistance2 subsidy arrangement ,after 
the date of the enactment of this       
subsection-- 7,a7 the ,administrator may
 not include in any agreement entered   
into with any insurer for participation 
in the ,write ,your ,own ,program any   
provision establishing a condition      
prohibited by paragraph 7#a71 including 
the provisions of ,article ,,xiii of the
 ,federal ,emergency ,management        
,agency1 ,federal ,insurance            
,administration1 ,financial             
,assistance_/,subsidy ,arrangement1 as  
adopted pursuant to section #fb4bc7;a7  
of title #dd of the ,code of ,federal   

,regulations2 and  7,b7 any such        
provision in any such agreement entered 
into before such date of enactment shall
 not have any force or effect1 and the  
,administrator may not take any action  
to enforce such provision4  4