source:
  type: regulation
  id: flood-42usc-4003
  authority: National Flood Insurance Act (42 U.S.C.) § 4003 — Definitions applicable to Flood Disaster Protection
    Act of 1973
  description: 'National Flood Insurance Act (42 U.S.C.), §4003 Definitions applicable to Flood Disaster Protection
    Act of 1973. Captured section-complete from Cornell LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: flood-42usc-4003-a
  canonical_id: flood-42usc-4003-a
  section: 42 U.S.C. §4003(a)
  description: 'Definitions applicable to Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 — (a): (a) As used in this Act,
    unless the context otherwise requires, the term— (1) “ community ” means a State or a political subdivision
    thereof which has zoning and building code jurisdiction over a particular area having special flood hazards;
    (2) “ Federal agency ” means any department, agency, corpo…'
  type: definition
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: National Flood Insurance Act (42 U.S.C.) § 4003
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/4003
    snapshot_id: 75705b96408df74f
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:b727310319471e1c93d4d492091a00033b8883c347d1c847f75ce98d77c226c9
    paragraph_quote: (a) As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the term— (1) “ community ”
      means a State or a political subdivision thereof which has zoning and building code jurisdiction over a particular
      area having special flood hazards; (2) “ Federal agency ” means any department, agency, corporation, or other
      entity or instrumentality of the executive branch of the Federal Government, and includes the Federal National
      Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; (3) “ financial assistance ” means any
      form of loan, grant, guaranty, insurance, payment, rebate, subsidy, disaster assistance loan or grant, or
      any other form of direct or indirect Federal assistance, other than general or special revenue sharing or
      formula grants made to States; (4) “ financial assistance for acquisition or construction purposes ” means
      any form of financial assistance which is intended in whole or in part for the acquisition, construction,
      reconstruction, repair, or improvement of any publicly or privately owned building or mobile home, and for
      any machinery, equipment, fixtures, and furnishings contained or to be contained therein, and shall include
      the purchase or subsidization of mortgages or mortgage loans but shall exclude assistance pursuant to the
      Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act [ 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.] (other than assistance under such Act
      in connection with a flood) ; (5) “ Federal entity for lending regulation ” means the Board of Governors of
      the Federal Reserve System , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , the Comptroller of the Currency,
      the National Credit Union Administration , and the Farm Credit Administration , and with respect to a particular
      regulated lending institution means the entity primarily responsible for the supervision of the institution;
      (6) “ Administrator ” means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ; (7) “ Federal agency
      lender ” means a Federal agency that makes direct loans secured by improved real estate or a mobile home,
      to the extent such agency acts in such capacity; (8) the term “ improved real estate ” means real estate upon
      which a building is located; (9) “ lender ” means a regulated lending institution or Federal agency lender;
      (10) “ regulated lending institution ” means any bank, savings and loan association, credit union, farm credit
      bank, Federal land bank association, production credit association, or similar institution subject to the
      supervision of a Federal entity for lending regulation ; and (11) “ servicer ” means the person responsible
      for receiving any scheduled periodic payments from a borrower pursuant to the terms of a loan, including amounts
      for taxes, insurance premiums, and other charges with respect to the property securing the loan, and making
      the payments of principal and interest and such other payments with respect to the amounts received from the
      borrower as may be required pursuant to the terms of the loan.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §4003 subsection (a) from Cornell LII snapshot 75705b96408df74f;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: flood-42usc-4003-b
  canonical_id: flood-42usc-4003-b
  section: 42 U.S.C. §4003(b)
  description: 'Definitions applicable to Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 — (b): (b) The Administrator is
    authorized to define or redefine, by rules and regulations, any scientific or technical term used in this Act,
    insofar as such definition is not inconsistent with the purposes of this Act. ( Pub. L. 93–234, § 3 , Dec. 31,
    1973 , 87 Stat. 976 ; Pub. L. 95–128, title VII, § 70…'
  type: definition
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: National Flood Insurance Act (42 U.S.C.) § 4003
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/4003
    snapshot_id: 75705b96408df74f
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:b727310319471e1c93d4d492091a00033b8883c347d1c847f75ce98d77c226c9
    paragraph_quote: (b) The Administrator is authorized to define or redefine, by rules and regulations, any scientific
      or technical term used in this Act, insofar as such definition is not inconsistent with the purposes of this
      Act. ( Pub. L. 93–234, § 3 , Dec. 31, 1973 , 87 Stat. 976 ; Pub. L. 95–128, title VII, § 703(b) , Oct. 12,
      1977 , 91 Stat. 1145 ; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 451(e)], Nov. 30, 1983 , 97 Stat. 1229 ; Pub.
      L. 100–707, title I, § 109(t) , Nov. 23, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4710 ; Pub. L. 103–325, title V, § 511(a) , Sept.
      23, 1994 , 108 Stat. 2255 ; Pub. L. 111–203, title III, § 368 , July 21, 2010 , 124 Stat. 1557 ; Pub. L. 112–141,
      div. F, title II, § 100238(a)(1) , July 6, 2012 , 126 Stat. 958 .)
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 42 U.S.C. §4003 subsection (b) from Cornell LII snapshot 75705b96408df74f;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
