,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #baga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ah1     
#bjai,mr4 ,wicker introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the                   
,bunning-,bereuter-,blumenauer ,flood   
,insurance ,reform ,act of #bjjd to     
require insurance agents who sell flood 
insurance policies under the ,national  
,flood ,insurance ,program to take      
certain continuing education courses1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,flood ,insurance ,continuing ,education
 and ,training ,act4  #b4 ,continuing   
education for insurance agents  7a7 ,in 
general ,the                            
,bunning-,bereuter-,blumenauer ,flood   
,insurance ,reform ,act of #bjjd        
7,public ,law #ajh-bfd2 #aah ,stat4     
#gab7 is amended--  7#a7 in section #bja
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djaa note7-- 7,a7 in   

paragraph 7#a71 by striking ,director of
 the and inserting ,administrator of    
the2 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by    
inserting #djja after ,u4,s4,c42 and    
7#b7 by striking section #bjg 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #djaa note7 and inserting the 
following3  #bjg4 ,continuing education 
requirements for insurance agents  7a7  
,in general ,the ,director shall require
 each insurance agent who sells flood   
insurance policies to1 once every #b    
years1 complete a #c-;hour continuing   
education course that--  7#a7 is        
approved by the insurance commissioner  
of each ,state in which the agent is    
licensed to sell insurance1 as further  
provided in subsection 7c72 and  7#b7   
focuses on issues with respect to the   
,program4  7b7 ,failure ,to complete    
course ,if an insurance agent who sells 
flood insurance policies does not       
complete a continuing education course  
required under subsection 7a71 the      
agent1 until the date on which the agent
 completes the course in accordance with

 the requirements of this section1 may  
not--  7#a7 sell flood insurance        
policies2 or  7#b7 perform any duties   
with respect to the ,program4  7c7      
,agents licensed in multiple ,states    
7#a7 ,in general ,if an insurance agent 
who sells flood insurance policies is   
licensed to sell insurance in more than 
#a ,state--  7,a7 the agent shall submit
 proof of completion of a continuing    
education course required under         
subsection 7a7 to the insurance         
commissioner of each ,state in which the
 agent is licensed2 and  7,b7 each      
insurance commissioner to whom an       
insurance agent submits a proof of      
completion under subparagraph 7,a7 may  
determine whether the course to which   
that proof of completion relates meets  
the minimum standards established by    
that insurance commissioner4  7#b7      
,effect of denial ,if an insurance      
commissioner of a ,state 7referred to in
 this paragraph as the rejecting        
commissioner7 determines under paragraph

 7#a77;,b7 that a continuing education  
course taken in another ,state by an    
insurance agent who sells flood         
insurance policies does not meet the    
minimum standards established by the    
rejecting commissioner1 the insurance   
agent may not take any action described 
in paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 of subsection 
7b7 until the agent satisfies the       
minimum requirements established by the 
rejecting commissioner4  7d7 ,rule of   
construction ,any reference in this     
section to an insurance commissioner of 
a ,state shall be construed as a        
reference to an equivalent official with
 respect to any ,state in which there is
 no official who has the title of       
insurance commissioner4  4  7b7         
,technical and conforming amendment ,the
 table of contents for the              
,bunning-,bereuter-,blumenauer ,flood   
,insurance ,reform ,act of #bjjd        
7,public ,law #ajh-bfd2 #aah ,stat4     
#gab7 is amended by striking the item   
relating to section #bjg and inserting  

the following3  ,sec4 #bjg4 ,continuing 
education requirements for insurance    
agents4  4