SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) RESIDENTIAL COMMON INTEREST COM-
MUNITY.—The term ‘residential common interest 
community’ means any mandatory membership orga-
nization comprising owners of real estate described 
in a declaration or created pursuant to a covenant 
or other applicable law with respect to which a per-
son, by virtue of the person’s ownership of a unit, 
is obligated to pay for a share of real estate taxes, 
insurance premiums, maintenance, or improvement 
of, or services or other expenses related to, common 
elements, other units, or any other real estate other 
than that unit described in the declaration. 
‘‘(14) 
CONDOMINIUM.—The 
term 
‘condo-
minium’ means a stand-alone condominium project 
in which each dwelling unit is separately owned, in 
which the remaining portions of the real estate are 
designated for common ownership solely by the own-
ers of the related units, each owner having an undi-
vided interest in the common elements, and which is 
represented by an association consisting exclusively 
of all the unit owners in the project, which is, or will 
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be responsible for the operation, administration, and 
management of the project. 
‘‘(15) 
HOUSING
COOPERATIVE.—The 
term 
‘housing cooperative’ means a multi-unit housing en-
tity, including an association of manufactured 
homes, in which each dwelling unit is subject to sep-
arate use and possession by 1 or more cooperative 
members whose interest in such unit, and in any un-
divided assets of the cooperative association that are 
appurtenant to such unit, is evidenced by a member-
ship or share interest in a cooperative association 
and a lease or other document of title or possession 
granted by such cooperative as the owner of all coop-
erative property. 
‘‘(16) MANUFACTURED HOME PARK.—The term 
‘manufactured home park’ means a parcel (or con-
tiguous parcels) of land divided into 2 or more lots 
containing manufactured home structures, regard-
less of whether such structures are taxed as real 
property, that are— 
‘‘(A) transportable in 1 or more sections; 
‘‘(B) built on a permanent chassis and is 
designed for use with or without a permanent 
foundation when attached to the required utili-
ties; and 
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‘‘(C) affixed to land.’’. 
SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF DEBRIS RESULTING FROM A MAJOR 
DISASTER IN RESIDENTIAL COMMON INTER-
EST COMMUNITIES. 
Section 407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5173) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) RULES RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL COMMON 
INTEREST COMMUNITIES.— 
‘‘(1) ISSUANCE OF RULES.—The President shall 
issue rules which provide that removal of debris or 
wreckage from a unit of real estate within a residen-
tial common interest community, condominium enti-
ty, an entity of a housing cooperative, or a manufac-
tured home park from a major disaster is in the 
public interest when a State or local government de-
termines in writing such debris or wreckage con-
stitutes a threat to life, to public health or safety, 
or to the economic recovery of the residential com-
mon interest community. 
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‘‘(2) DEFERENCE.—In issuing the rules under 
paragraph (1), the President shall be deferential to 
defined terms in State or local laws and ordi-
nances.’’. 
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to a 
major disaster or emergency declared by the President 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) on or after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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