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Union Calendar No. 174

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 23

[Report No. 108–151] 

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize 

communities to use community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2003

Mr. BACHUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

JUNE 12, 2003

Additional sponsors: Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. DAVIS of 

Alabama, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. WELDON of Florida, and Mr. MORAN of Kansas 

JUNE 12, 2003 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act 

of 1974 to authorize communities to use community development block grant funds for construction of tornadosafe shelters in manufactured home parks.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tornado Shelters Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 

6 Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community De7 velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

9 end; 

10 (2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at 

11 the end and inserting a semicolon; 

12 (3) by inserting after paragraph (23) the fol13 lowing new paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(24) the construction or improvement of tor15 nado-safe shelters located in manufactured housing 

16 parks, and the provision of assistance (including 

17 loans and grants) to nonprofit or for-profit entities 

18 (including owners of such parks) for such construc19 tion or improvement, except that—

20 ‘‘(A) a shelter assisted with amounts pro21 vided pursuant to this paragraph may be lo22 cated only in a manufactured housing park 

23 that—

24 ‘‘(i) has not less than 20 manufac25 tured housing units; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) is located in a State within which 

2 a tornado has occurred during the fiscal 

3 year for which the amounts to be used 

4 under this paragraph were made available 

5 or any of the 3 preceding fiscal years, as 

6 determined by the Secretary after con7 sultation with the Director of the Federal 

8 Emergency Management Agency; 

9 ‘‘(B) such a shelter shall comply with 

10 standards for construction and safety as the 

11 Secretary, after consultation with the Director 

12 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

13 shall provide to ensure protection from torna14 does; 

15 ‘‘(C) such a shelter shall be of a size suffi16 cient to accommodate all occupants of the man17 ufactured housing park at a single time; and 

18 ‘‘(D) amounts may not be used for a shel19 ter as provided under this paragraph unless 

20 there is located, within 1000 feet of the manu21 factured housing park in which the shelter is lo22 cated, a warning siren that is operated in ac23 cordance with such local, regional, or national 

24 disaster warning programs or systems as the 

25 Secretary, after consultation with the Director 
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1 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

2 considers appropriate to ensure adequate notice 

3 of occupants of the park of a tornado; and’’.

4 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tornado Shelters Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 

7 Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Devel8 opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended—

9 (1) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

10 end; 

11 (2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at 

12 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

13 (3) by inserting after paragraph (23) the fol14 lowing new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(24) the construction or improvement of tor16 nado-safe shelters for residents of manufactured hous17 ing, and the provision of assistance (including loans 

18 and grants) to nonprofit and for-profit entities (in19 cluding owners of manufactured housing parks) for 

20 such construction or improvement, except that—

21 ‘‘(A) a shelter assisted with amounts pro22 vided pursuant to this paragraph may be located 

23 only in a neighborhood (including a manufac24 tured housing park) that—
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1 ‘‘(i) contains not less than 20 manu2 factured housing units that are within such 

3 proximity to the shelter that the shelter is 

4 available to the residents of such units in 

5 the event of a tornado; 

6 ‘‘(ii) consists predominantly of persons 

7 of low and moderate income; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) is located within a State in 

9 which a tornado has occurred during the 

10 fiscal year for which the amounts to be used 

11 under this paragraph were made available 

12 or any of the 3 preceding fiscal years, as de13 termined by the Secretary after consultation 

14 with the Director of the Federal Emergency 

15 Management Agency; 

16 ‘‘(B) such a shelter shall comply with stand17 ards for construction and safety as the Secretary, 

18 after consultation with the Director of the Fed19 eral Emergency Management Agency, shall pro20 vide to ensure protection from tornadoes; 

21 ‘‘(C) such a shelter shall be of a size suffi22 cient to accommodate, at a single time, all occu23 pants of manufactured housing units located 

24 within the neighborhood in which the shelter is 

25 located; and 
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1 ‘‘(D) amounts may not be used for a shelter 

2 as provided under this paragraph unless there is 

3 located, within the neighborhood in which the 

4 shelter is located (or, in the case of a shelter lo5 cated in a manufactured housing park, within 

6 1,500 feet of such park), a warning siren that is 

7 operated in accordance with such local, regional, 

8 or national disaster warning programs or sys9 tems as the Secretary, after consultation with the 

10 Director of the Federal Emergency Management 

11 Agency, considers appropriate to ensure adequate 

12 notice of occupants of manufactured housing lo13 cated in such neighborhood or park of a tornado; 

14 and’’. 

15 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 In addition to any amounts otherwise made available 

17 for grants under title I of the Housing and Community De18 velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), there is 

19 authorized to be appropriated for assistance only for activi20 ties pursuant to section 105(a)(24) of such Act $5,000,000 

21 for fiscal year 2004. 

Union Calendar No. 74

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 23

[Report No. 108–151] 

A BILL

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize communities to 

use community development block grant funds for construction of tornado-safe shelters in manufactured home parks. 

JUNE 12, 2003

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

and ordered to be printed