1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Exposure Mitigation Act . 2. Risk transfer requirement Subsection (e) of section 1345 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 4081(e) ) is amended— (1) by striking (e) Risk transfer. —The Administrator and inserting the following: (e) Risk transfer (1) Authority The Administrator ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Required risk transfer coverage (A) Requirement Not later than the expiration of the 18-month period beginning upon the date of the enactment of this paragraph and at all times thereafter, the Administrator shall annually cede a portion of the risk of the flood insurance program under this title to the private reinsurance or capital markets, or any combination thereof, and at rates and terms that the Administrator determines to be reasonable and appropriate, in an amount that— (i) is sufficient to maintain the ability of the program to pay claims; and (ii) manages and limits the annual exposure of the flood insurance program to flood losses in accordance with the probable maximum loss target established for such year under subparagraph (B). (B) Probable maximum loss target The Administrator shall for each fiscal year, establish a probable maximum loss target for the national flood insurance program that shall be the maximum probable loss under the national flood insurance program that is expected to occur in such fiscal year. (C) Considerations In establishing the probable maximum loss target under subparagraph (B) for each fiscal year and carrying out subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall consider— (i) the probable maximum loss targets for other United States public natural catastrophe insurance programs, including as State wind pools and earthquake programs; (ii) the probable maximum loss targets of other risk management organizations, including the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation