[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 713 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 713

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

                             March 26, 2009

   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; DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``FEMA 
Accountability Act of 2009''.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act--
            (1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
        FEMA;
            (2) the terms ``emergency'' and ``major disaster'' have the 
        meanings given such terms in section 102 of the Robert T. 
        Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
        U.S.C. 5122); and
            (3) the term ``FEMA'' means the Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER, STORAGE, SALE, AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSING UNITS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 3 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall--
            (1) complete an assessment to determine the number of 
        temporary housing units purchased by FEMA that FEMA needs to 
        maintain in stock to respond appropriately to emergencies or 
        major disasters occurring after the date of enactment of this 
        Act; and
            (2) establish criteria for determining whether the 
        individual temporary housing units stored by FEMA are in usable 
        condition, which shall include appropriate criteria for 
        formaldehyde testing and exposure of the individual temporary 
        housing units.
    (b) Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a plan 
        for--
                    (A) storing the number of temporary housing units 
                that the Administrator has determined under subsection 
                (a)(1) that FEMA needs to maintain in stock;
                    (B) transferring, selling, or otherwise disposing 
                of the temporary housing units in the inventory of FEMA 
                that--
                            (i) are in excess of the number of 
                        temporary housing units that the Administrator 
                        has determined under subsection (a)(1) that 
                        FEMA needs to maintain in stock; and
                            (ii) are in usable condition, based on the 
                        criteria established under subsection (a)(2); 
                        and
                    (C) disposing of the temporary housing units in the 
                inventory of FEMA that the Administrator determines are 
                not in usable condition, based on the criteria 
                established under subsection (a)(2).
            (2) Applicability of disposal requirements.--The plan 
        established under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the 
        requirements of section 408(d)(2) of the Robert T. Stafford 
        Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
        5174(d)(2)) and other applicable provisions of law.
    (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 the appropriate committees 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the status 
of the transfer, distribution, sale, or other disposal of the unused 
temporary housing units purchased by FEMA.
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