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The Corps is proposing to update the Federal regulation that covers the procedures that the Corps uses under its Public Law 84-99 program to prepare for, respond to, and help communities recover from a flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster, including the repair of damage to eligible flood risk reduction infrastructure currently promulgated in 33 CFR part 203. This proposed rule concerns 33 CFR part 203, which implements section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941, as amended (33 U.S.C. 701n), commonly referred to as Public Law 84-99. The Corps initiated this rulemaking process through an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on February 13, 2015. As a next step, the Corps is planning to propose revisions to the program to address statutory changes under various Water Resources Development Act provisions and to formalize certain agency guidance relating to natural disaster procedures. The NPRM would also include a summary of the comments to the ANPRM.