[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2771 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2771

   To increase the types of Federal housing assistance available to 
  individuals and households in response to a major disaster, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2006

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To increase the types of Federal housing assistance available to 
  individuals and households in response to a major disaster, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Housing Flexibility Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS.

    Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                    ``(C) Manufactured modular housing.--In making any 
                determination of cost effectiveness under subparagraph 
                (A), the President shall consider if manufactured 
                modular housing can be provided to an individual or 
                household at a cost to the Government that is less than 
                the same cost necessary to provide other readily 
                fabricated dwellings.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Consent of owner.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), 
                the President shall seek the consent of each individual 
                or household prior to providing such individual or 
                household with manufactured modular housing assistance.
                    ``(B) Rejection of manufactured modular housing 
                assistance.--If an individual or household does not 
                provide consent under subparagraph (A), such individual 
                or household shall remain eligible for any other 
                assistance available under this section.
            ``(4) Owner contribution.--Nothing in this section shall be 
        construed to prevent an individual or household from 
        contributing, in addition to any assistance provided under this 
        section, such sums as are necessary in order to obtain 
        manufactured modular housing that is of greater size or quality 
        than that provided by the President under this section.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(4)--
                    (A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting ``or 
                semi-permanent'' after ``Permanent'';
                    (B) by inserting ``or semi-permanent'' after 
                ``permanent'';
                    (C) by striking ``in insular areas'' and inserting 
                the following: ``in--
                    ``(A) insular areas'';
                    (D) by striking ``(A) no alternative'' and 
                inserting ``(i) no alternative'' and adjusting the 
                margin accordingly;
                    (E) by striking ``(B)'' and inserting ``(ii)'' and 
                adjusting the margin accordingly;
                    (F) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; and''; and
                    (G) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) any area in which the President declared a 
                major disaster or emergency in connection with 
                Hurricane Katrina of 2005.'';
            (3) in subsection (d)(1), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(C) Sites located in a floodplain.--
                Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
                section 9 of title 44, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
                any corresponding similar regulation or ruling), any 
                permanent, semi-permanent, or temporary housing 
                provided under this section, including any readily 
                fabricated dwelling, manufactured housing, or 
                manufactured modular housing, may be located in any 
                area identified by the Director as an area having 
                special flood hazards under section 102 of the Flood 
                Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a)).
                    ``(D) Individual sites for manufactured modular 
                housing.--Manufactured modular housing made available 
                under this section--
                            ``(i) shall, whenever practicable, be 
                        located on a site that is a discrete and 
                        separate parcel of land; and
                            ``(ii) may not be located on a site that--
                                    ``(I) is managed by the Director; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) contains 3 or more other 
                                manufactured modular housing units.''; 
                                and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Evacuation Plans.--The Director, in consultation with the 
Governor of each State and the heads of such units of local government 
as the Director may determine, shall develop and maintain detailed and 
comprehensive mass evacuation plans for individuals or households 
receiving assistance under this section.''.
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