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US HB5229
Bill
Status
9/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Troy Downing
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AI Summary
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Requires National Flood Insurance Program rate maps to include planimetric features (roads, structure footprints, rivers, lakes) with associated parcel identification data and addresses
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Mandates rate maps be updated within 5 years of the National Geodetic Survey completing the National Spatial Reference System 2022 and conform to E-Government Act geospatial protocols
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Directs FEMA Administrator to coordinate with U.S. Geological Survey to maintain and modernize stream gage station networks, including adding stations in high-risk areas and reactivating inactive stations
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Creates a public national geospatial data repository on FEMA's website providing property-level access to flood risk data, insurance zones, elevations, hydrologic models, and hazard mitigation plans
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Allocates 5% of revenue collected under federal policy fees each fiscal quarter from the National Flood Insurance Fund for creating and maintaining accurate rate maps
Legislative Description
IMAGES Act of 2025 Improvement of Mapping, Addresses, Geography, Elevations, and Structures Act of 2025
Finance and financial sector
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
9/9/2025