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US HB5229

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/9/2025

Primary Sponsor

Troy Downing

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Requires National Flood Insurance Program rate maps to include planimetric features (roads, structure footprints, rivers, lakes) with associated parcel identification data and addresses

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Financial Services9/9/2025

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