To require approval from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for any Federal manufactured home and safety standards, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill centralizes federal manufactured-home construction and safety standard authority in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It adds energy efficiency to the manufactured-home standard definition and states that the HUD Secretary has primary authority to establish federal manufactured home construction and safety standards. Any other federal agency seeking to establish a manufactured-home standard after enactment must submit the proposal to HUD and cannot establish it without the HUD Secretary's approval. HUD must reject a proposed standard if it would significantly increase the cost of producing manufactured homes, conflict with existing HUD standards, or for any other reason the Secretary considers appropriate. The bill also says HUD is not required to establish any new or revised standard. The practical effect is to give HUD veto authority over other agencies' manufactured-home standards, especially energy-efficiency rules that could raise production costs.
Who Benefits and How
Manufactured home producers benefit because other federal agencies cannot impose new construction, safety, or energy-efficiency standards without HUD approval. Manufactured home buyers benefit if HUD rejects standards that would significantly increase production costs and retail prices. Manufactured housing retailers benefit from a more centralized federal standards process. HUD manufactured housing program staff benefit from primary authority over federal manufactured-home standards.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Department of Energy officials must submit manufactured-home energy-efficiency standards to HUD and cannot finalize them without approval. Federal agencies proposing manufactured-home standards face HUD review and possible rejection. Energy efficiency advocates bear the burden if cost-based HUD rejection slows or blocks stronger efficiency standards. HUD standards staff must review other agencies' proposals for cost increases, conflicts, and policy appropriateness.
Key Provisions
- Adds energy efficiency to the federal manufactured-home construction and safety standard definition.
- Establishes HUD as the primary authority for federal manufactured-home standards.
- Blocks other federal agencies from establishing manufactured-home standards without HUD approval.
- Requires HUD to reject standards that significantly raise production costs or conflict with HUD standards.
- Provides that HUD is not required to establish new or revised manufactured-home standards.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Gives the HUD Secretary primary authority over federal manufactured home construction, safety, and energy-efficiency standards and bars other federal agencies from establishing standards without HUD approval.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Manufactured Housing, Energy Efficiency
Primary Purpose
Gives the HUD Secretary primary authority over federal manufactured home construction, safety, and energy-efficiency standards and bars other federal agencies from establishing standards without HUD approval.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Manufactured home producers
- Manufactured home buyers
- Manufactured housing retailers
- HUD manufactured housing program staff
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Energy officials
- Federal agencies proposing manufactured-home standards
- Energy efficiency advocates
- HUD standards staff
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Flood (for himself and Mr. Cleaver) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Manufactured home buyers, Manufactured home producers
Department of Energy officials, HUD manufactured housing program staff
Positive-direction: HUD manufactured housing program staff
Negative-direction: Department of Energy officials
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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