[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 3, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3344-S3345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. HUTCHINSON:
  S. 680. A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 to authorize communities to use community development block grant 
funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home 
parks; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  Mr. HUTCHINSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a copy of 
the Tornado Shelters Act be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 680

       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 ``Tornado Shelters Act''.

     SEC. 2. CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 105(a) of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (22), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting a semicolon; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (23) the following:
       ``(24) the construction or improvement of tornado- or 
     storm-safe shelters for manufactured housing parks and 
     residents of other manufactured housing, the acquisition of 
     real property for sites for such shelters, and the provision 
     of assistance (including loans and grants) to nonprofit or 
     for-profit entities (including owners of such parks) for such 
     construction, improvement, or acquisition, except that a 
     shelter assisted with amounts made available pursuant to this 
     paragraph--
       ``(A) shall be located in a neighborhood consisting 
     predominantly of persons of low- and moderate-income; and
       ``(B) may not be made available exclusively for use of the 
     residents of a particular manufactured housing park or of 
     other manufactured housing, but shall generally serve the 
     residents of the area in which it is located; and''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to any 
     amounts otherwise made available for grants under title I of 
     the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
     5301 et seq.), there is authorized to be appropriated for 
     assistance only for activities pursuant to section 105(a)(24) 
     of that Act, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.

     SEC. 3. USE OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS.

       (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--It 
     is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent 
     practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
     made available for the activities authorized under the 
     amendments made by this Act should be American-made.
       (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance 
     to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using 
     funds made

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     available for the activities authorized under the amendments 
     made by this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
     provide to that entity a notice describing the statement made 
     in subsection (a) by the Congress.
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