1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Flood Insurance Savings Act of 2017 . 2. Grants for Community Rating System program coordinators Section 1315 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4022 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Grants for Community Rating System program coordinators (1) Authority The Administrator shall carry out a program to make grants to consortia of States and communities for use only for costs of employing or otherwise retaining an individual or individuals to coordinate and carry out responsibilities relating to participation in the community rating system program under subsection (b) for States and communities that are members of such consortia. (2) Eligibility The Administrator shall establish such criteria as the Administrator considers appropriate for a consortium of States and communities to be eligible for grants under this subsection, which shall include requiring a consortium to provide evidence to the Administrator that the consortium has sufficient authority and administrative capability to use grant amounts in accordance with this subsection on behalf of its member jurisdictions. (3) Timing A consortium receiving a grant under this section shall establish the position or positions described in paragraph (1), and employ or otherwise retain an individual or individuals to fill such position or positions, not later than the date that all such grant amounts are expended. (4) Applications The Administrator shall provide for consortia of States and communities to submit applications for grants under this subsection, which shall include— (A) the evidence referred to in paragraph (2); (B) such assurances as the Administrator shall require to ensure compliance with the requirement under paragraph (3)