Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare
42 U.S.C. § 4106: Nonparticipation in flood insurance program
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No Federal officer or agency shall approve any financial assistance for acquisition or construction purposes on and after July 1, 1975 , for use in any area that has been identified by the Administrator as an area having special flood hazards unless the community in which such area is situated is then participating in the national flood insurance program. In addition to the requirements of section 4104a of this title , each Federal entity for lending regulation shall by regulation require the regulated lending institutions described in such section, and each Federal agency lender shall issue regulations requiring the Federal agency lender, described in such section to notify (as a condition of making, increasing, extending, or renewing any loan secured by property described in such section) the purchaser or lessee of such property of whether, in the event of a disaster caused by flood to such property, Federal disaster relief assistance will be available to such property.
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