text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Redundant Remapping Reform Act of 
  2011''.
  
  SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act--
              (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
          the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
              (2) the term ``covered period'' means--
                      (A) with respect to a levee for which the Army 
                  Corps of Engineers has entered into a cost sharing 
                  agreement, the 48-month period beginning on the date on 
                  which the Army Corps of Engineers makes available any 
                  funds required to be made available by the Army Corps 
                  of Engineers under the agreement; and
                      (B) with respect to a levee not described in 
                  subparagraph (A), the 48-month period beginning on the 
                  date on which the Administrator commences an update of 
                  a National Flood Insurance Program rate map that 
                  includes an area protected by the levee;
              (3) the term ``National Flood Insurance Program'' means the 
          program established under the National Flood Insurance Act of 
          1968 (42 U.S.C. 4011 et seq.); and
              (4) the term ``qualified levee'' means a levee that is 
          being constructed or modified, if the owner of the levee enters 
          into an agreement with the Administrator that the construction 
          or modification will be completed before the end of a covered 
          period relating to the qualified levee.
  
  SEC. 3. REMAPPING OF AREAS PROTECTED BY CERTAIN LEVEES.
  
      (a) Levees Undergoing Accreditation.--The Administrator may not 
  update or publish a National Flood Insurance Program rate map during a 
  covered period with respect to an area that is protected by a levee--
              (1) for which a community or other party has sought 
          recognition under section 65.10 of title 44, Code of Federal 
          Regulations, or any successor thereto; and
              (2) with respect to which the Administrator has not issued 
          a Letter of Final Determination.
      (b) Levees Undergoing Planning, Construction, or Rehabilitation.--
              (1) Prohibition.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
          Administrator may not update or publish a National Flood 
          Insurance Program rate map during a covered period with respect 
          to an area that is protected by a qualified levee that is being 
          planned, constructed, or rehabilitated, if the scheduled 
          completion date for the planning, construction, or 
          rehabilitation occurs during the covered period.
              (2) Exceptions.--The Administrator may update or publish a 
          National Flood Insurance Program rate map during a covered 
          period with respect to an area that is protected by a qualified 
          levee described in paragraph (1)--
                      (A) on or after the date on which the construction 
                  or rehabilitation of the qualified levee is completed; 
                  or
                      (B) on or after the date on which the Administrator 
                  determines that the planning, construction, or 
                  rehabilitation of the qualified levee is experiencing 
                  an indefinite delay.
              (3) Scheduled completion date.--For purposes of this 
          subsection, the scheduled completion date for planning, 
          construction, or rehabilitation of a qualified levee shall be 
          determined by an engineer responsible for the design, 
          modification, or construction of the qualified levee, taking 
          into consideration the actual condition of the qualified levee.
      (c) Notification of Affected Persons.--
              (1) Draft notice.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
          enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall publish a notice 
          to be used by owners of qualified levees subject to this 
          section to disclose to persons affected by the qualified 
          levees--
                      (A) information relating to the possible dangers of 
                  living in an area affected by the qualified levees 
                  without flood insurance coverage;
                      (B) information relating to the availability of 
                  flood insurance coverage; and
                      (C) any other information that the Administrator 
                  determines is necessary.
              (2) Notice by owners of levees.--
                      (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                  (B), not later than 30 days after the commencement of a 
                  covered period, the owner of the qualified levee to 
                  which the covered period relates shall provide the 
                  notice published under paragraph (1) to each person 
                  identified by the owner of the qualified levee as a 
                  person affected by the qualified levee.
                      (B) Exception.--In the case of a covered period 
                  that commences before the date on which the 
                  Administrator publishes the notice under paragraph (1), 
                  the owner of the qualified levee to which the covered 
                  period relates shall provide the notice required under 
                  subparagraph (A) to each person identified by the owner 
                  of the qualified levee as a person affected by the 
                  qualified levee as soon as practicable after the date 
                  on which the Administrator publishes the notice.
      (d) Reporting Requirements.--During a covered period relating to a 
  qualified levee, the owner of the qualified levee (or a designee of the 
  owner) shall submit to the Administrator a quarterly report that 
  contains--
              (1) a description of the progress of the construction or 
          modification of the qualified levee; and
              (2) an estimate of the scheduled completion date of the 
          construction or modification of the qualified levee, as 
          determined by an engineer responsible for the design, 
          modification, or construction of the qualified levee, taking 
          into consideration the actual condition of the qualified levee.
target: Redundant Remapping Reform Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from updating or publishing a National Flood Insurance Program rate map during a covered period with respect to an area protected by a levee that is undergoing accreditation, planning, construction, or rehabilitation.
  
  Instructs the Administrator to publish a notice to be used by owners of qualified levees to disclose to persons affected by such levees.
  
  Requires owners of qualified levees to provide such notice to each person identified as affected by the qualified levee.
feat_title: A bill to postpone the remapping of areas protected by certain levees for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and for other purposes.