,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #biae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #cj1
 #bjba,mr4 ,scott of ,florida introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs 
,a ,,bill  ,to allow ,national ,flood   
,insurance ,program policyholders who   
leave the program to purchase a private 
insurance flood policy to return to the 
,national ,flood ,insurance ,program    
without penalty1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,flood ,insurance ,consumer
 ,choice ,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,effect of 
private flood insurance coverage on     
continuous coverage requirements        
,section #acjh of the ,national ,flood  
,insurance ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 
#djae71 is amended by adding at the end 
the following3  7n7 ,effect of private  
flood insurance coverage on continuous  
coverage requirements ,for purposes of  
applying any statutory1 regulatory1 or  

administrative continuous coverage      
requirement1 including under section    
#acjg7;g77#a71 the ,administrator shall 
consider any period during which a      
property was continuously covered by a  
flood insurance policy through the      
private market that was used to satisfy 
the requirements under section #ajb7;a7 
of the ,flood ,disaster ,protection ,act
 of #aigc 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djab;a7a77 to 
be a period of continuous coverage4  4