Even as changes to the National Flood Insurance Program rate mapping are in force, a bipartisan bill introduced last November would set up a more permanently funded system that sponsors say would “ensure affordability” and “invest in mitigation and prevention.”

A legislative aide for co-sponsor Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) spoke Feb. 28 at a webinar for the Cape May County, Greater Atlantic City and Southern Ocean County chambers of Commerce.