H.R. 5263

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5263 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5263

To require approval from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
for any Federal manufactured home and safety standards, and for other 
purposes.

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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

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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.''.
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