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§4025 Flood insurance advisory committee

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 50— - NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM › § 4025

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must appoint a flood insurance advisory committee and does not have to follow the usual federal competitive hiring rules in Title 5. The committee will advise the Administrator on making regulations and on policy and other tasks the Administrator assigns. The committee can have up to 15 people chosen from groups like the insurance industry, state and local governments, lenders, home builders, and the general public. Members may be paid up to $100 per day, including travel time, and may get travel expenses and per diem as allowed under section 5703 of Title 5.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §4025

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(a)The Administrator shall appoint a flood insurance advisory committee without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service, and such committee shall advise the Administrator in the preparation of any regulations prescribed in accordance with this chapter and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this chapter, and shall perform such other responsibilities as the Administrator may, from time to time, assign to such committee.
(b)Such committee shall consist of not more than fifteen persons and such persons shall be selected from among representatives of—
(1)the insurance industry,
(2)State and local governments,
(3)lending institutions,
(4)the homebuilding industry, and
(5)the general public.
(c)Members of the committee shall, while attending conferences or meetings thereof, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the Administrator but not exceeding $100 per day, including traveltime, and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as is authorized under section 5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original a reference to “this title” meaning title XIII of Pub. L. 90–448, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 572, known as the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 4001 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2012—Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “Administrator” for “Director” wherever appearing. 1983—Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 98–181 substituted “Director” for “Secretary” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 120 days following Aug. 1, 1968, or such later date prescribed by the Secretary but in no event more than 180 days following Aug. 1, 1968, see section 1377 of Pub. L. 90–448, set out as a note under section 4001 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security. For

Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and section 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. Termination of Advisory CommitteesAdvisory committees in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 4025

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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