[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2382 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2382

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
  to quickly and fairly address the abundance of surplus manufactured 
 housing units stored by the Federal Government around the country at 
                           taxpayer expense.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 2007

   Mr. Pryor 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 require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
  to quickly and fairly address the abundance of surplus manufactured 
 housing units stored by the Federal Government around the country at 
                           taxpayer expense.

    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 ``FEMA Accountability Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) more than 19,000 mobile homes and travel trailers sit 
        unused at the storage site in Hope, Arkansas;
            (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency spends $25,000 
        each month to store the unused manufactured homes in Hope, 
        Arkansas;
            (3) the Federal Emergency Management Agency spends in 
        excess of $3,000,000 each year to store unused manufactured 
        homes at 15 storage sites across the country;
            (4) these manufactured housing units were purchased to aid 
        disaster victims during the 2005 hurricane season;
            (5) it is anticipated that the number of unused mobile 
        homes and trailers could continue to increase as residents find 
        permanent housing;
            (6) many of these manufactured homes are now severely 
        damaged or may contain potentially harmful levels of 
        formaldehyde; and
            (7) the Federal Emergency Management Agency has had ample 
        time to assess the need for on-hand manufactured housing.

SEC. 3. STORAGE, SALE, TRANSFER, AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSING UNITS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 3 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (in this section referred to as the 
``Administrator'') shall complete an assessment of the number of 
manufactured housing units it finds necessary to stock to respond to 
disasters occurring after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not 
        later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
        the Administrator shall establish a well developed plan for 
        permanently storing manufactured housing units necessary to 
        stock, selling or transferring usable surplus units, and 
        disposing of unusable units.
            (2) Exception.--
                    (A) In general.--If the Administrator submits to 
                Congress a written certification that the Administrator 
                is unable to determine the safe level of exposure to 
                formaldehyde for purposes of travel trailers, the 
                Administrator may exclude from the plan under paragraph 
                (1) any travel trailer that the Administrator 
                determines may contain formaldehyde.
                    (B) Duration.--The authority to exclude travel 
                trailers under this paragraph shall terminate on the 
                date on which the Administrator of the Environmental 
                Protection Agency promulgates regulations regarding 
                exposure levels for formaldehyde that are applicable to 
                travel trailers.
    (c) Implementation.--Not later than 9 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall implement the plan 
described in subsection (b).
    (d) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the 
status of the distribution, sale, transfer, or disposal of unused 
manufactured housing units.
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