1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “National Flood Insurance Program Consultant Accountability Act of 2021”.
National Flood Insurance Program Consultant Accountability Act of 2021
A BILL
To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to terminate certain contracts on the basis of detrimental conduct to the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
2. Termination of certain contracts under the National Flood Insurance Program
In general— Part C of chapter II of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“1349. Termination of contracts
“(a) Definitions—In this section—
“(1) the term covered entity means any attorney, law firm, consultant, or third-party company that provides services to a Write Your Own company; and
“(2) the term Write Your Own company means a company participating in the cooperative undertaking between the insurance industry and the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration that allows participating property and casualty insurance companies to write and service standard flood insurance policies.
“(b) Termination
“(1) In general—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator may terminate a contract or other agreement between a covered entity and a Write Your Own company if the Administrator—
“(A) determines that the covered entity has engaged in conduct that is detrimental to the flood insurance program authorized under chapter I; and
“(B) not later than 14 days before terminating the contract or other agreement, provides notice to the covered entity of the termination.
“(2) Appeal—The Administrator shall establish a process for a covered entity to appeal a termination of a contract or other agreement under paragraph (1).
“(3) Early termination payouts—The Administrator or a Write Your Own company is not required to make any early termination payout to a covered entity with respect to a contract or agreement with the Write Your Own company that the Administrator terminates under paragraph (1).”
Effective date; applicability— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall—
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and
apply to any contract or other agreement between a covered entity and a Write Your Own company (as those terms are defined in section 1349(a) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as added by subsection (a)) entered into on or after the date of enactment of this Act.