[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2659 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2659

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to ensure that all trailers or mobile homes purchased by 
   the Federal Emergency Management Agency meet the safety standards 
   established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
    housing used in programs of the Department of Housing and Urban 
                              Development.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2008

 Mr. Reid (for Mrs. Clinton) 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 amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to ensure that all trailers or mobile homes purchased by 
   the Federal Emergency Management Agency meet the safety standards 
   established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
    housing used in programs of the Department of Housing and Urban 
                              Development.

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

SECTION 1. TRAILERS AND MOBILE HOMES.

    Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 425, as added by section 607 
        of the SAFE Port Act (Public Law 109-347; 120 Stat. 1941) 
        (relating to essential service providers), as section 427; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 428. TRAILERS AND MOBILE HOMES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall ensure that any trailer or mobile home 
purchased by the Federal Emergency Management Agency meets the safety 
standards established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
under section 50.3(i) of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations 
(relating to limitations on hazardous materials in housing to be used 
in a program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development), or 
any successor to that section, including any such standards for--
            ``(1) formaldehyde;
            ``(2) lead; or
            ``(3) any other hazardous material, contamination, toxic 
        chemical or gas, or radioactive substance that could affect the 
        health or safety of an occupant.
    ``(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to relieve the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency of the duty to provide safe and secure shelter to 
individuals and households residing in any area that is affected by a 
major disaster.''.
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