---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch50"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 50"
heading: "National Flood Insurance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch50"
sections_count: 77
---

# Chapter 50 — National Flood Insurance

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§4001. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose](/usc/42/4001.md)
- [§4002. Additional Congressional findings and declaration of purpose](/usc/42/4002.md)
- [§4003. Definitions applicable to Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973](/usc/42/4003.md)
- [§4004. Definitions applicable to Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012](/usc/42/4004.md)
- [§4005. Definitions applicable to Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014](/usc/42/4005.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — The National Flood Insurance Program](/usc/42/ch50-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Organization and Administration of Flood Insurance Program](/usc/42/ch50-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Coordination of Flood Insurance with Land-Management Programs in Flood-Prone Areas](/usc/42/ch50-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — General Provisions](/usc/42/ch50-schIV.md)