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INDEPENDENT SECTIONS OF THE FLOOD DISASTER PROTECTION ACT OF 1973 APPROVED December 31, 1973 FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE . Sec. 2. (a) The Congress finds that-- (1) annual losses throughout the Nation from floods and mudslides are increasing at an alarming rate, largely as a result of the accelerating development of, and concentration of population in, areas of flood and mudslide hazards; 42 USC 4002 (2) the availability of Federal loans, grants, guaranties, insurance, and other forms of financial assistance are often determining factors in the utilization of land and the location and construction of publ~c and of private industrial, commercial, and residential facilities; (3) property acquired or constructed with grants or other Federal assistance may be exposed to risk of loss through floods, thus frustrating the purpose for which such assistance was extended; (4) Federal instrumentalities insure or otherwise provide financial protection to banking and credit institutions whose assets include a substantial number of mortgage loans and other indebtedness secured by property exposed to loss and damage from floods and mudslides; (5) the Nation cannot afford the tragic losses of life caused annually by flood occurrences, nor the increasing losses of property suffered by flood victims, most of whom are still inadequately compensated despite the provision of costly disaster relief benefits; and (6) it is in the public interest for persons already living in floodprone areas to have both an opportunity to purchase flood insurance and access to more adequate limits of coverage, so that they will be indemnified for their losses in the event of future flood disasters. (b) The purpose of this Act, therefore, is to-- (1) substantially increase the limits of coverage authorized under the national flood insurance program; (2) provide for the and the dissemination floodprone areas; expeditious identification of, of information concerning,