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# 15 U.S.C. § 9712 - Availability to the public of flood-related data

## Text

(a) In general The Administrator shall make flood-related data available to the public on the website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(b) Cost The Administrator may make the data under subsection (a) freely accessible or available at a cost that does not exceed the cost of preparing the data.

(Pub. L. 117–316, § 17, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4418.)