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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 con-
struction 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 de-
velopment block grant funds for construction of tornado-
safe shelters in manufactured home parks.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tornado Shelters Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (23) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(24) the construction or improvement of tor-
nado-safe shelters located in manufactured housing 
parks, and the provision of assistance (including 
loans and grants) to nonprofit or for-profit entities 
(including owners of such parks) for such construc-
tion or improvement, except that—
‘‘(A) a shelter assisted with amounts pro-
vided pursuant to this paragraph may be lo-
cated only in a manufactured housing park 
that—
‘‘(i) has not less than 20 manufac-
tured housing units; and
‘‘(ii) is located in a State within which 
a tornado has occurred during the fiscal 
year for which the amounts to be used 
under this paragraph were made available 
or any of the 3 preceding fiscal years, as 
determined by the Secretary after con-
sultation with the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency; 
‘‘(B) such a shelter shall comply with 
standards for construction and safety as the 
Secretary, after consultation with the Director 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
shall provide to ensure protection from torna-
does; 
‘‘(C) such a shelter shall be of a size suffi-
cient to accommodate all occupants of the man-
ufactured housing park at a single time; and 
‘‘(D) amounts may not be used for a shel-
ter as provided under this paragraph unless 
there is located, within 1000 feet of the manu-
factured housing park in which the shelter is lo-
cated, a warning siren that is operated in ac-
cordance with such local, regional, or national 
disaster warning programs or systems as the 
Secretary, after consultation with the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
considers appropriate to ensure adequate notice 
of occupants of the park of a tornado; and’’.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tornado Shelters Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (22), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (23) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(24) the construction or improvement of tor-
nado-safe shelters for residents of manufactured hous-
ing, and the provision of assistance (including loans 
and grants) to nonprofit and for-profit entities (in-
cluding owners of manufactured housing parks) for 
such construction or improvement, except that—
‘‘(A) a shelter assisted with amounts pro-
vided pursuant to this paragraph may be located 
only in a neighborhood (including a manufac-
tured housing park) that—
‘‘(i) contains not less than 20 manu-
factured housing units that are within such 
proximity to the shelter that the shelter is 
available to the residents of such units in 
the event of a tornado; 
‘‘(ii) consists predominantly of persons 
of low and moderate income; and 
‘‘(iii) is located within a State in 
which a tornado has occurred during the 
fiscal year for which the amounts to be used 
under this paragraph were made available 
or any of the 3 preceding fiscal years, as de-
termined by the Secretary after consultation 
with the Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency; 
‘‘(B) such a shelter shall comply with stand-
ards for construction and safety as the Secretary, 
after consultation with the Director of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency, shall pro-
vide to ensure protection from tornadoes; 
‘‘(C) such a shelter shall be of a size suffi-
cient to accommodate, at a single time, all occu-
pants of manufactured housing units located 
within the neighborhood in which the shelter is 
located; and
‘‘(D) amounts may not be used for a shelter 
as provided under this paragraph unless there is 
located, within the neighborhood in which the 
shelter is located (or, in the case of a shelter lo-
cated in a manufactured housing park, within 
1,500 feet of such park), a warning siren that is 
operated in accordance with such local, regional, 
or national disaster warning programs or sys-
tems as the Secretary, after consultation with the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, considers appropriate to ensure adequate 
notice of occupants of manufactured housing lo-
cated in such neighborhood or park of a tornado; 
and’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
In addition to any amounts otherwise made available 
for grants under title I of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), there is 
authorized to be appropriated for assistance only for activi-
ties pursuant to section 105(a)(24) of such Act $5,000,000 
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 Develop-
ment Act of 1974 to authorize communities to 
use community development block grant funds 
for construction of tornado-safe shelters in man-
ufactured home parks. 
JUNE 12, 2003
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed