Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§4128 Rules and regulations
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 50— - NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 4128
Summary
The Administrator can make the rules needed to put the Act into effect. Heads of federal agencies that give money for buying, building, fixing, or improving public or private land or facilities, and agencies that oversee or insure banks and similar institutions, must work with the Administrator to write rules so they follow the Act.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §4128
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(a)The Administrator is authorized to issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
(b)The head of each Federal agency that administers a program of financial assistance relating to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement of publicly or privately owned land or facilities, and each Federal instrumentality responsible for the supervision, approval, regulation, or insuring of banks, savings and loan associations, or similar institutions, shall, in cooperation with the Administrator, issue appropriate rules and regulations to govern the carrying out of the agency’s responsibilities under this Act.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 93–234, Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 975, known as the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
of 1973 Amendment note set out under section 4001 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, and not as part of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 which comprises this chapter.
Amendments
2012—Pub. L. 112–141 substituted “Administrator” for “Director” in subsecs (a) and (b). 1983—Pub. L. 98–181 substituted “Director” for “Secretary” in subsecs. (a) and (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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.
Executive Documents
Floodplain ManagementFor provisions relating to the reduction of the risk of flood loss, the minimization of the impact of floods on human safety, health and welfare, and the management of floodplains, see Ex. Ord. No. 11988, May 24, 1977, 42 F.R. 26951, set out as a note under section 4321 of this title.
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 4128
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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