42 USC § 4054 - Premium equalization payments; basis; aggregate amount; establishment of designated periods

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title: "42 USC § 4054 - Premium equalization payments; basis; aggregate amount; establishment of designated periods"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "4054"
section_name: "Premium equalization payments; basis; aggregate amount; establishment of designated periods"
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Industry Program With Federal Financial Assistance"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–448, title XIII, § 1334, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 583; Pub. L. 93–234, title I, § 111, Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 981; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 451(d)(1)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1229; Pub. L. 112–141, div. F, title II, § 100238(b)(1), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 958.)"
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# § 4054. Premium equalization payments; basis; aggregate amount; establishment of designated periods

**(a)** The Administrator, on such terms and conditions as he may from time to time prescribe, shall make periodic payments to the pool formed or otherwise created under section 4051 of this title, in recognition of such reductions in chargeable premium rates under section 4015 of this title below estimated premium rates under section 4014(a)(1) of this title as are required in order to make flood insurance available on reasonable terms and conditions.

**(b)** Designated periods under this section and the methods for determining the sum of premiums paid or payable during such periods shall be established by the Administrator.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–448, title XIII, § 1334, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 583; Pub. L. 93–234, title I, § 111, Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 981; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 451(d)(1)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1229; Pub. L. 112–141, div. F, title II, § 100238(b)(1), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 958.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2012— substituted “Administrator” for “Director” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

1983— substituted “Director” for “Secretary” in subsecs. (a) and (b).

1973—Subsecs. (b), (c).  redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) prescribing formula for sharing losses between Government and industry and permit necessary flexibility in loss sharing to take into account longer-term loss experience trends and to compensate for lack of precision in actuarial computations.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 120 days following , or such later date prescribed by the Secretary but in no event more than 180 days following , see , set out as a note under .

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For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see , Domestic Security.

For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .