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To require approval from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for any Federal manufactured home and safety standards, and for other purposes.
To require approval from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for any Federal manufactured home and safety standards, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to grant the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) primary authority over federal manufactured home construction and safety standards. The bill requires any other federal agency seeking to establish a federal manufactured home standard to submit the proposal to HUD for approval before implementation. HUD can reject proposed standards if they would significantly increase manufacturing costs, conflict with existing HUD standards, or for any other reason the Secretary deems appropriate. The bill also adds energy efficiency to the list of design considerations for manufactured homes. The bill does not require HUD to establish new standards, only empowers it to approve or reject standards proposed by other federal agencies.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE)
5 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Sep 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- Sep 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 10, 2025
Mr. Flood (for himself and Mr. Cleaver) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To require approval from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for any Federal manufactured home and safety standards, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PRIMARY AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 603(7), by inserting “energy efficiency,” after “design,”; and
(2) in section 604, by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(i) Primary Authority To Establish Standards.—
“(1) In general.—The Secretary shall have the primary authority to establish Federal manufactured home construction and safety standards.
“(2) Approval from secretary.—
“(A) In general.—The head of any Federal agency that seeks to establish a Federal manufactured home construction and safety standard on or after the date of the enactment of this subsection—
“(i) shall submit to the Secretary a proposal describing such standard; and
“(ii) may not establish such standard without approval from the Secretary.
“(B) Rejection of standards.—The Secretary shall reject the standards described in subparagraph (A)—
“(i) if the standards would significantly increase the cost of producing manufactured homes, as determined by the Secretary;
“(ii) if the standards conflict with existing manufactured home construction and safety standards established by the Secretary; or
“(iii) for any other reason as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
“(C) Rule of construction.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the Secretary to establish new or revised Federal manufactured home construction and safety standards.”. <all>
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