Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish and carry out a program to designate and distribute excess manufactured housing units located at Hope Municipal Airport, Arkansas, to eligible government entities to provide affordable rental housing.
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to to revise procedures for the disposal of temporary housing units purchased by the President for housing disaster victims to require, as an alternative method of disposal, the transfer of such units to the General Services Administration (GSA) for disposal as excess property.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6128 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6128
To provide for the distribution of excess manufactured housing units
located at Hope Municipal Airport, Arkansas, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 20, 2006
Mr. Ross introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To provide for the distribution of excess manufactured housing units
located at Hope Municipal Airport, Arkansas, 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. DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS MANUFACTURED HOUSING UNITS LOCATED AT
HOPE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ARKANSAS.
(a) Program Authorized.--Subject to the requirements of this
section, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall
establish and carry out a program to designate and distribute to
eligible government entities, without payment of consideration, excess
manufactured housing units located at Hope Municipal Airport, Arkansas.
(b) Use of Manufactured Housing Units.--An eligible government
entity receiving excess manufactured housing units under the program
shall use such housing units to provide affordable rental housing.
(c) Deadline for Establishment.--The Director shall establish the
program not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.
(d) Designation of Excess Manufactured Housing Units.--Not later
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director
shall--
(1) determine the number, not to exceed 3,000, of
manufactured housing units located at Hope Municipal Airport,
Arkansas, as of the date of enactment of this Act, that the
Director needs to retain at such airport for emergency
preparedness and response purposes; and
(2) designate any manufactured housing units located at
such airport, as of the date of enactment of this Act, in
excess of the number determined by the Director under paragraph
(1) as excess manufactured housing units for distribution under
the program.
(e) Eligible Government Entities.--For purposes of this section, an
eligible government entity is a unit of local government, including a
city, county, or parish, that is located in an area affected by a major
disaster declared by the President--
(1) at any time during the 24-month period ending on the
date of enactment of this Act; or
(2) at any time after the date of enactment of this Act.
(f) Site Requirement.--In order to receive manufactured housing
units under the program, an eligible government entity shall provide
suitable sites, connected to water and sewer lines, to which the
manufactured housing units may be relocated.
(g) Application.--An eligible government entity seeking to receive
manufactured housing units under the program shall submit an
application to the Director at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Director may require.
(h) Determination.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
receipt of an application under subsection (g), the Director shall
approve or deny the application.
(i) Priority.--In making determinations under subsection (h), the
Director shall give priority to eligible government entities
representing areas with a high rate of poverty.
(j) Relocation of Manufactured Housing Units.--The Director shall
relocate the manufactured housing units to the sites provided by the
recipients of manufactured housing units under the program at full
Federal expense.
(k) Maximum Number of Units for Distribution.--An eligible
government entity may receive 6 manufactured housing units under the
program for every acre of land provided as sites to which such housing
units may be relocated, but in no case may a government entity receive
more than 100 housing units under the program.
(l) Major Disaster Defined.--In this section, the term ``major
disaster'' has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5122).
SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF TEMPORARY HOUSING UNITS.
Section 408(d)(2)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(d)(2)(B)) is amended to read
as follows:
``(B) Other methods of disposal.--If not disposed
of under subparagraph (A), a temporary housing unit
purchased under this section by the President for the
purpose of housing disaster victims shall be
transferred to the Administrator of General Services
for disposal as excess property.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
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