[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4079 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4079

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act to require that temporary housing units provided to 
  assist disaster victims comply with certain formaldehyde emissions 
                 requirements, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 5, 2007

Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Clarke, Ms. 
Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, 
 Mr. Al Green of Texas, and Mr. Taylor) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act to require that temporary housing units provided to 
  assist disaster victims comply with certain formaldehyde emissions 
                 requirements, 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 ``Safe and Healthy Emergency Housing 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FORMALDEHYDE EMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING UNITS 
              PROVIDED TO DISASTER VICTIMS.

    Section 408(d) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(d)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
            ``(3) Formaldehyde emissions requirements.--The President 
        may provide a temporary housing unit to an individual or 
        household under this section only if the unit complies with 
        regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
        as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph, that 
        establish formaldehyde emissions requirements applicable to 
        manufactured homes.''.
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