Flood History Information Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7355 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7355 To provide for the disclosure and sharing of certain policy and claims information under the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2026 Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania (for herself and Mr. Garbarino) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for the disclosure and sharing of certain policy and claims information under the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Flood History Information Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. DATA EXCHANGE PROGRAM. Section 1313 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4020) is amended-- (1) by striking ``The Administrator shall'' and inserting the following: ``(a) Availability of Flood Insurance Information.--The Administrator shall''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: ``(b) Data Exchange Program.-- ``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall disclose policy and claims information described in paragraph (2) to an insurance company, as such term is defined in subsection (f), if such insurance company has entered into a data sharing agreement with the Administrator pursuant to paragraph (3). ``(2) Data eligible for sharing.--The Administrator shall disclose the following claims and policy information, obtained in connection with a flood insurance policy made available under this title or through a data sharing agreement executed pursuant to paragraph (3), pursuant to paragraph (1): ``(A) The location of the insu