Congress appropriated $5 million in FY2000 for a Flood Map Modernization Fund (FMMF), the eventual source of funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) long-term effort to modernize the nation's flood map program. As part of the Flood Map Modernization Initiative (FMMI), FEMA has been converting paper flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs) to digital electronic format, or DFIRMs. DFIRMs contain more accurate spatial measurements and digital data associated with flood risk and are developed with a geographic information system (GIS). The GIS also facilitates periodic updating of flood maps, as required by Congress, and helps determine flood insurance rates. Many DFIRMs are now available over the Internet from FEMA. Initial FMMI funding was requested in the Veterans Administration Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and independent Agencies Appropriations Act of FY2002 (P.L. 107-73). However, regular annual appropriations did not begin until FY2003. Since FY2004, Department of Homeland Security appropriations for FEMA have funded FMMI. To date, more than $800 million has been provided. Congress has also provided supplemental spending authority for the FMMI that is offset by internally collected flood-map-related service fees. This report will be updated as events warrant.

FY2000 for a Flood Map Modernization Fund (FMMF), the eventual source of funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) long-term effort to modernize the nation's flood map program. [...] Presidential Budget Requests for FMMI President Bush requested a total of $300 million for the FMMI from FY2003 through FY2007 in his FY2003 budget submission for FEMA, which was transmitted to the House VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee (Table 2). [...] If Congress had approved FPFs, a total down payment for the FMMI of $350 million would have been made, aln~osth alf of the estinlated incremental costs of implementat~onF.~P Fs that were anticipated to be collected from FY2004-FY2007 would provide the balance. [...] TheFY2003 request was the final budget submitted to the VA, HLJD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations subcommittees for the FMMI. [...] The first budget justification for the FMMI under the EPRD was submitted to Congress in March 2003.