To provide for improvements to National Flood Insurance Program rate maps, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for improvements to National Flood Insurance Program rate maps, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Finance, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H7086E429F1FD40A481DED2832FD1B5AD: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improvement of Mapping, Addresses, Geography, Elevations, and Structures Act of 2025 or the IMAGES Act of 2025.
- Section HE5837ABEB38B4055B9506D0730F2EC7A: 2. National Flood Mapping Program Section 100216(b)(3) of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (42 U.S.C. 4101b(b)(3)) is amended— in...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide for improvements to National Flood Insurance Program rate maps, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Finance, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide for improvements to National Flood Insurance Program rate maps, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Downing (for himself and Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas) …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the geographic elements and features— (A)that are independent of elevation, such as roads, structure footprints, and rivers and lakes
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