,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #aj1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,flood 7for himself and ,mr4  
,cleaver7 introduced the following bill2
 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  
standards1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,primary authority to establish         
manufactured home construction and      
safety standards ,the ,housing and      
,community ,development ,act of #aigd   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #edja et seq47 is        
amended-- 7#a7 in section #fjc7g71 by   
inserting energy efficiency1 after      
design12 and  7#b7 in section #fjd1 by  
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7i7 ,primary authority ,to 
establish standards  7#a7 ,in general   
,the ,secretary shall have the primary  
authority to establish ,federal         
manufactured home construction and      

safety standards4  7#b7  ,approval from 
,secretary  7,a7  ,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--  7i7 shall submit to the   
,secretary a proposal describing such   
standard2 and  7ii7 may not establish   
such standard without approval from the 
,secretary4  7,b7 ,rejection of         
standards ,the ,secretary shall reject  
the standards described in subparagraph 
7,a7--  7i7 if the standards would      
significantly increase the cost of      
producing manufactured homes1 as        
determined by the ,secretary2  7ii7 if  
the standards conflict with existing    
manufactured home construction and      
safety standards established by the     
,secretary2 or  7iii7 for any other     
reason as determined appropriate by the 
,secretary4  7,c7 ,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 standards4  4