42 U.S.C. § 4101c: Coordination

Summary

Federal leaders must share flood-risk and map data and work together on budgets. The Secretary of Homeland Security, the FEMA Administrator, the OMB Director, and heads of agencies doing flood work must share flood risk determination data and geospatial data. Within 30 days after the President sends the federal budget to Congress, the OMB Director, working with FEMA, USGS, NOAA, the Army Corps of Engineers, and others, must send the House and Senate authorizing and appropriations committees a report, certified by each agency head, that shows each agency’s proposed budget for flood-risk data and digital elevation models (including any planned transfers) and explains how the efforts fit together. The FEMA Administrator must help create standards so geospatial data can work together, coordinate with the Federal Geographic Data Committee, and act as a liaison under OMB guidance. The Administrator must, as much as practical, align and fund state, local, and other federal flood-mapping and geospatial work and make a funding plan to share costs and data across government.

Title 42, §4101c

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(a)Interagency budget crosscut and coordination report

(1)In general

The Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the heads of each Federal department or agency carrying out activities under section 4101a and 4101b of this title shall work together to ensure that flood risk determination data and geospatial data are shared among Federal agencies in order to coordinate the efforts of the Nation to reduce its vulnerability to flooding hazards.

(2)Report

Not later than 30 days after the submission of the budget of the United States Government by the President to Congress, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Corps of Engineers, and other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives an interagency budget crosscut and coordination report, certified by the Secretary or head of each such agency, that—

(A)contains an interagency budget crosscut report that displays relevant sections of the budget proposed for each of the Federal agencies working on flood risk determination data and digital elevation models, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfers; and

(B)describes how the efforts aligned with such sections complement one another.

(b)Duties of the Administrator

In carrying out section 4101a and 4101b of this title, the Administrator shall—

(1)participate, pursuant to section 216 of the E–Government Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), in the establishment of such standards and common protocols as are necessary to assure the interoperability of geospatial data for all users of such information;

(2)coordinate with, seek assistance and cooperation of, and provide a liaison to the Federal Geographic Data Committee pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–16 and Executive Order 12906 (43 U.S.C. 1457 note; relating to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure) for the implementation of and compliance with such standards;

(3)integrate with, leverage, and coordinate funding of, to the maximum extent practicable, the current flood mapping activities of each unit of State and local government;

(4)integrate with, leverage, and coordinate, to the maximum extent practicable, the current geospatial activities of other Federal agencies and units of State and local government; and

(5)develop a funding strategy to leverage and coordinate budgets and expenditures, and to maintain or establish joint funding and other agreement mechanisms with other Federal agencies and units of State and local government to share in the collection and utilization of geospatial data among all governmental users.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 216 of the E–Government Act of 2002, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is section 216 of Pub. L. 107–347, which is set out in a note under section 3501 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. Executive Order 12906, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is Ex. Ord. No. 12906, Apr. 11, 1994, 59 F.R. 17671, which is set out as a note under section 1457 of Title 43, Public Lands. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and also as part of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, also known as the MAP–21, and not as part of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 4004 of this title.

§4101c Coordination