; (9) the term National Flood Insurance Program means the program established under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.); (10) the term Standard means the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard set forth in Appendix G to Guidelines for Implementing Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management, and Executive Order 13690, Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input, published on October 8, 2015; and (11) the term Water Resources Council means the Council established under section 101 of the Water Resources Planning Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1962a ). 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) it should be the policy of the United States to improve the resiliency of communities and assets of the Federal Government against the impacts of flooding; (2) the impacts of flooding are anticipated to increase over time due to increased future risk and greater development on floodplains; (3) losses caused by flooding affect— (A) the environment; (B) the economic prosperity of the United States; (C) public health and safety; and (D) the national security of the United States; (4) the Federal Government must take action, informed by the best available and actionable science, to improve the preparedness and resilience of the United States with respect to flooding; (5) Executive Order 11988 requires agencies to avoid— (A) to the maximum extent practicable, the long- and short-term adverse impacts associated with the occupancy and modification of floodplains; and (B) direct or indirect support of floodplain development whenever a more practicable alternative is available; (6) to implement Executive Order 11988, the Federal Government has developed processes for evaluating the impacts of Federal actions in or affecting floodplains; (7) in June 2013, an interagency effort to create a new flood risk reduction standard for federally funded projects was initiated