; and (ii) notification of the determination shall be provided to the insured making the claim; and (B) payment of an approved claim shall be made as soon as possible after that approval. (2) Extension of deadline The Administrator shall— (A) provide that the period described in paragraph (1)(A) may be extended by a single additional period of 15 days under extraordinary circumstances; and (B) by regulation, establish criteria for— (i) demonstrating the extraordinary circumstances described in subparagraph (A); and (ii) determining to which claims the extraordinary circumstances described in subparagraph (A) apply. . (b) Applicability The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any claim for damage to or loss of property that is covered by flood insurance made available under the National Flood Insurance Program that is pending on, or made after, the date of enactment of this Act. 418. Engineer oversight and certification Part C of chapter II of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.), as amended by section 412, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1351. Oversight and certification of engineers (a) Definition In this section, the term covered engineering services means engineering services provided in connection with insurance coverage provided under this title. (b) Qualifications The Administrator shall require that any individual who provides covered engineering services, including services in connection with assessing any claim for losses covered by a policy for that coverage, shall— (1) have registered with and certified to the Administrator that the engineer is professionally licensed to practice as an engineer in the State in which the engineer is providing the covered engineering services; (2) have expertise in a particular discipline of engineer or act within the area of the competency of the engineer, as the Administrator shall require