rector is authorized to consult with, receive information from, and enter into any necessary agreements or other arrangements with such other Federal departments and agencies (on a reimbursement basis) and such State and local agencies. PAYMENTS SEC. 1372. Any payments under this title may be made (after necessary adjustment on account of previously made underpayments or overpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such conditions, as the Director may determine. GOVERNMENT CORPORATION CONTROL ACT SEC. 1373. The provisions of chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code, shall apply to the program authorized under this title to the same extent as they apply to wholly owned Government corporations. FINALITY OF CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS SEC. 1374. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law(1) Any financial transaction authorized to be carried out under this title, and (2) any payment authorized to be made or to be received in connection with any such financial transaction, shall be final and conclusive upon all officers of the Government. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES SEC. 1375. Any administrative expenses which may be sustained by the Federal Government in carrying out the flood insurance program authorized under this title may be paid out of appropriated funds. APPROPRIATIONS SEC. 1376. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may from time to time be necessary to carry out this title, including sums (1) to cover administrative expenses authorized under section 1375; (2) to reimburse the National Flood Insurance Fund established under section 1310 for (A) premium equalization payments under section 1334 which have been made from such fund; and (B) reinsurance claims paid under the excess loss reinsurance coverage provided under section 1335; and (3) to make such other payments as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. (b) All such funds shall be available without fiscal year limita tion. (c) There are authorized to be appropriated for studies under this title not to exceed $100,000,000 for the fiscal year 1977 and not to exceed $108,000,000 for the fiscal year 1978, not to exceed $114,000,000 for the fiscal year 1979, not to exceed $74,000,000 for 36-210 0-84-35 the fiscal year 1980, not to exceed $61,600,000 for fiscal year 1981, not to exceed $42,600,000 for the fiscal year 1982, not to exceed $49,752,000 for the fiscal year 1984, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1985. EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 1377. This title shall take effect one hundred and twenty days following the date of its enactment, except that the Director on the basis of a finding that conditions exist necessitating the prescribing of an additional period, may prescribe a later effective date which in no event shall be more than one hundred and eighty days following such date of enactment. Approved August 1, 1968, 11:52 a.m. EXCERPT FROM FEDERAL FLOOD INSURANCE ACT OF 1956 FUNDS AND TREASURY BORROWINGS SEC. 15* (e) The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury from time to time and have outstanding at any one time, in an amount not exceeding $500,000,000 (or such greater amount as may be approved by the President) notes or other obligations in such forms and denominations bearing such maturities, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Such notes or other obligations shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities during the month preceding the issuance of such notes or other obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations to be issued hereunder and for such purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code1 and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such chapter are extended to include any purchases of such notes and obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury may at any time sell any of the notes or other obligations acquired by him under this section. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States. Approved August 7, 1956. 1 Comma omitted in original. EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL RECOVERY ACT OF 1983 [Public Law 98-181; 97 Stat. 1229; 42 U.S.C. 4015 note] FLOOD INSURANCE SEC. 451. (a) (g)(1) The premium rates charged for flood insurance under any program established pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 may not be increased during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 1984. Approved November 30, 1983. EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL RECOVERY ACT OF 1983 [Public Law 98-181; 97 Stat. 1230; 42 U.S.C 4122 note] STUDY OF SINKHOLE INSURANCE SEC. 453. The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may make a grant to a nonprofit organization, educational institution or affiliated agency or entity, or State or local agency to finance a study of the feasibility or expanding the national flood insurance program to cover damage or loss arising from sinkholes. There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this section. Approved November 30, 1983. EXCERPT FROM PUBLIC LAW 98-364 [98 Stat. 444] An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, for fiscal years 1985 through 1988, and for other purposes. SEC. 202. For purposes of sections 1305(c), 1315, and 1363 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4012(c), 4022, and 4104) and section 202(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4106(a)), the flood elevation determination made by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency with respect to Cameron Parish in the State of Louisiana, and published in the Federal Register on July 28, 1983, and November 22, 1983, shall not be considered final before the expiration of the one-year period following the date of enactment of this Act. Approved July 17, 1984. |