33 USC § 709b - Flood hazard information

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s709b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 709b - Flood hazard information"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "709b"
section_name: "Flood hazard information"
chapter_number: 15
chapter_name: "FLOOD CONTROL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 944, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4200; Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1410.)"
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# § 709b. Flood hazard information

The Secretary, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service shall take necessary actions, including the posting and distribution of information and the preparation and distribution of educational materials and programs, to ensure that information relating to flood hazard areas is generally available to the public.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 944, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4200; Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1410.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” substituted for “Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” in text on authority of , set out as a note under , Domestic Security. Any reference to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in title VI of  or an amendment by title VI to be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency until , see , set out as a note under .

### “Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see .