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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2771 

To increase the types of Federal housing assistance available to individuals 

and households in response to a major disaster, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 9, 2006 

Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To increase the types of Federal housing assistance available 

to individuals and households in response to a major 

disaster, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Disaster Housing 

5 Flexibility Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND 

7 HOUSEHOLDS. 

8 Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

9 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) is 

10 amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘(C) MANUFACTURED MODULAR HOUS5 ING.—In making any determination of cost ef6 fectiveness under subparagraph (A), the Presi7 dent shall consider if manufactured modular 

8 housing can be provided to an individual or 

9 household at a cost to the Government that is 

10 less than the same cost necessary to provide 

11 other readily fabricated dwellings.’’; and 

12 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(3) CONSENT OFOWNER.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para15 graph (2), the President shall seek the consent 

16 of each individual or household prior to pro17 viding such individual or household with manu18 factured modular housing assistance. 

19 ‘‘(B) REJECTION OFMANUFACTURED

20 MODULAR HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—If an indi21 vidual or household does not provide consent 

22 under subparagraph (A), such individual or 

23 household shall remain eligible for any other as24 sistance available under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(4) OWNER CONTRIBUTION.—Nothing in this 

2 section shall be construed to prevent an individual or 

3 household from contributing, in addition to any as4 sistance provided under this section, such sums as 

5 are necessary in order to obtain manufactured mod6 ular housing that is of greater size or quality than 

7 that provided by the President under this section.’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (c)(4)— 

9 (A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 

10 ‘‘OR SEMI-PERMANENT’’ after ‘‘PERMANENT’’; 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘or semi-permanent’’ 

12 after ‘‘permanent’’; 

13 (C) by striking ‘‘in insular areas’’ and in14 serting the following: ‘‘in— 

15 ‘‘(A) insular areas’’; 

16 (D) by striking ‘‘(A) no alternative’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘(i) no alternative’’ and adjusting the 

18 margin accordingly; 

19 (E) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii)’’ 

20 and adjusting the margin accordingly; 

21 (F) by striking the period at the end and 

22 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (G) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(B) any area in which the President de2 clared a major disaster or emergency in connec3 tion with Hurricane Katrina of 2005.’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (d)(1), by adding at the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(C) SITES LOCATED IN A FLOODPLAIN.— 

7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in8 cluding section 9 of title 44, Code of Federal 

9 Regulations (or any corresponding similar regu10 lation or ruling), any permanent, semi-perma11 nent, or temporary housing provided under this 

12 section, including any readily fabricated dwell13 ing, manufactured housing, or manufactured 

14 modular housing, may be located in any area 

15 identified by the Director as an area having 

16 special flood hazards under section 102 of the 

17 Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 

18 U.S.C. 4012a)). 

19 ‘‘(D) INDIVIDUAL SITES FOR MANUFAC20 TURED MODULAR HOUSING.—Manufactured 

21 modular housing made available under this sec22 tion— 

23 ‘‘(i) shall, whenever practicable, be lo24 cated on a site that is a discrete and sepa25 rate parcel of land; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) may not be located on a site 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(I) is managed by the Director; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(II) contains 3 or more other 

6 manufactured modular housing 

7 units.’’; and 

8 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(j) EVACUATION PLANS.—The Director, in con10 sultation with the Governor of each State and the heads 

11 of such units of local government as the Director may de12 termine, shall develop and maintain detailed and com13 prehensive mass evacuation plans for individuals or house14 holds receiving assistance under this section.’’. 

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