110 HR 4079 IH: Safe and Healthy Emergency Housing Act U.S. House of Representatives 2007-11-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4079 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 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Safe and Healthy Emergency Housing Act of 2007.

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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. .