An official website of the United States governmentThe way to check it is as followsOfficial websites use .govA .gov website belongs to an official organization of the United States Government.Secure .gov websites use HTTPSA padlock or https:// means you have connected securely to a .gov website.Share sensitive information only on official and secure websites.This page has not been translated into Spanish.Visit the Spanish page for resources in that language.In May, the Department of Homeland Security submitted to Congress 17 legislative proposals to reform FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program.Since the NFIP's last multi-year reauthorization expired on September 30, 2017, the program has experienced 21 short-term extensions, including three brief lapses.The frequent short-term extensions are disruptive and cause existing and potential policyholders to lose confidence in the NFIP as a reliable insurance program available to protect their homes and contents from the risk of flooding.In the Legislative Package Reform, the letter to Congressional leaders included the following four principles to outline the Administration's priorities for multi-year NFIP reauthorization:See the full reform package to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program that was sent to Congressional leaders.This is the summary of proposals to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that the Administration urges Congress to enact:See and download the summary information fact sheet.