    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 117, 108th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    117 STAT. 1883

    Public Law 108-146
    108th Congress

    An Act

    To amend the Housing and Community Development [NOTE: Dec. 3,
    2003 -  [H.R. 23]] Act of 1974 to authorize communities to use
    community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe
    shelters in manufactured home parks.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
    the [NOTE: Tornado Shelters Act.] United States of America in Congress
    assembled,

    SECTION 1. [NOTE: 42 USC 5301 note.] SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tornado Shelters Act''.

    SEC. 2. CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

    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 new
    paragraph:
    ``(24) the construction or improvement of tornado-safe
    shelters for residents of manufactured housing, and the
    provision of assistance (including loans and grants) to
    nonprofit and for-profit entities (including owners of
    manufactured housing parks) for such construction or
    improvement, except that--
    ``(A) a shelter assisted with amounts provided
    pursuant to this paragraph may be located only in a
    neighborhood (including a manufactured housing park)
    that--
    ``(i) contains not less than 20 manufactured
    housing units that are within such proximity to
    the shelter that the shelter is available to the
    residents of such units in the event of a tornado;
    ``(ii) consists predominantly of persons of
    low and moderate income; and
    ``(iii) is located within a State in which a
    tornado has occurred during the fiscal year for
    which the amounts to be used under this paragraph
    were made available or any of the 3 preceding
    fiscal years, as determined by the Secretary after
    consultation with the Director of the Federal
    Emergency Management Agency;
    ``(B) such a shelter shall comply with standards for
    construction and safety as the Secretary, after
    consultation with the Director of the Federal Emergency
    Management Agency, shall provide to ensure protection
    from tornadoes;

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    ``(C) such a shelter shall be of a size sufficient
    to accommodate, at a single time, all occupants of
    manufactured housing units located within the
    neighborhood in which the shelter is located; and
    ``(D) amounts may not be used for a shelter as
    provided under this paragraph unless there is located,
    within the neighborhood in which the shelter is located
    (or, in the case of a shelter located in a manufactured
    housing park, within 1,500 feet of such park), a warning
    siren that is operated in accordance with such local,
    regional, or national disaster warning programs or
    systems as the Secretary, after consultation with the
    Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
    considers appropriate to ensure adequate notice of
    occupants of manufactured housing located in such
    neighborhood or park of a tornado; and''.

    SEC. 3. 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 such Act
    $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.

    Approved December 3, 2003.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 23:
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    HOUSE REPORTS: No. 108-151 (Comm. on Financial Services).
    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 149 (2003):
    July 21, considered and passed House.
    Nov. 18, considered and passed Senate.