tion 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
note), as amended by section 301 of this Act, submit 
a proposal identifying work requirements as an inno-
vative proposal described in section 204(d)(1)(D)(i) 
of such Act, as amended by section 301 of this Act. 
(b) DETERMINATION.—The requirement under sub-
section (a) shall apply if the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development determines that— 
(1) there are a sufficient number of public 
housing agencies described in subsection (a)(2) such 
that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment can rigorously evaluate the impact of the im-
plementation of work requirements described in that 
subsection; and 
(2) the study would not negatively impact low- 
income families receiving assistance through a public 
housing agency described in subsection (a)(2). 
SEC. 303. UPDATING THE DEFINITION OF MANUFACTURED 
HOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 603(6) of the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5402(6)) is amended by 
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striking ‘‘on a permanent chassis’’ and inserting ‘‘with or 
without a permanent chassis’’. 
(b) MANUFACTURED HOME CERTIFICATIONS.—Sec-
tion 604 of the National Manufactured Housing Construc-
tion and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5403) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) MANUFACTURED HOME CERTIFICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL CERTIFICATION.—Subject to 
subparagraph (B), not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Renewing Oppor-
tunity in the American Dream to Housing Act, 
a State shall submit to the Secretary an initial 
certification that the laws and regulations of 
the State— 
‘‘(i) treat a manufactured home, in-
cluding a manufactured home without a 
permanent chassis, in parity with a manu-
factured home (as defined and regulated 
by the State); and 
‘‘(ii) subject a manufactured home 
without a permanent chassis to the same 
laws and regulations of the State as a 
manufactured home built on a permanent 
chassis with respect to financing, title, in-
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surance, manufacture, sale, taxes, trans-
portation, and installation. 
‘‘(B) EXTENDED
DEADLINE.—With re-
spect to a State with a legislature that meets 
biennially, the deadline for the submission of 
the initial certification required under subpara-
graph (A) shall be 2 years after the date of en-
actment of the Renewing Opportunity in the 
American Dream to Housing Act. 
‘‘(2) FORM
OF
CERTIFICATION.—The initial 
certification required under paragraph (1)(A) shall 
contain, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, an 
attestation by an official that the State has taken 
the steps necessary to ensure the veracity of the cer-
tification required under paragraph (1)(A), includ-
ing, as necessary, by— 
‘‘(A) amending the definition of ‘manufac-
tured home’ in the laws and regulation of the 
State; and 
‘‘(B) directing State agencies to amend the 
definition of ‘manufactured home’ in regula-
tions. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL
RECERTIFICATION.—Not later 
than a date to be determined by the Secretary each 
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year, the State shall submit to the Secretary an ad-
ditional certification that— 
‘‘(A) confirms the accuracy of initial cer-
tification submitted under paragraph (1)(A); 
and 
‘‘(B) certifies that any new laws or regula-
tions enacted or adopted by the State since the 
date of the previous certification does not 
change the veracity of the initial certification 
submitted under paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(4) LIST.—The Secretary shall publish and 
maintain in the Federal Register and on the website 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment a list of States that are up-to-date with the 
submission of initial and subsequent certifications 
required under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph the 
term ‘covered manufactured home’ means a 
home that is— 
‘‘(i) not considered a manufactured 
home under the laws and regulations of a 
State because the home is constructed 
without a permanent chassis; 
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‘‘(ii) considered a manufactured home 
under the definition of the term in section 
603; and 
‘‘(iii) constructed after the date of en-
actment of the Renewing Opportunity in 
the American Dream to Housing Act. 
‘‘(B) 
BUILDING, 
INSTALLATION, 
AND 
SALE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—If a State does 
not submit a certification under paragraph 
(1)(A) or (3) by the date on which those 
certifications are required to be sub-
mitted— 
‘‘(I) with respect to a State in 
which the State administers the in-
stallation of manufactured homes, the 
State shall prohibit the manufacture, 
installation, or sale of a covered man-
ufactured home within the State; and 
‘‘(II) with respect to a State in 
which the Secretary administers the 
installation of manufactured homes, 
the State and the Secretary shall pro-
hibit the manufacture, installation, or 
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sale of a covered manufactured home 
within the State.’’. 
(c) OTHER FEDERAL LAWS REGULATING MANUFAC-
TURED HOMES.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall coordinate with the heads of other Fed-
eral agencies to ensure that Federal agencies treat a man-
ufactured home (as defined in Federal laws and regula-
tions other than section 603 of the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5402)) in the same manner as a manufactured 
home (as defined in section National Manufactured Hous-
ing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5402), as amended by this Act). 
(d) ASSISTANCE TO STATES.—Section 609 of the Na-
tional Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety 
Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5408) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) model guidance to support the submission 
of the certification required under section 604(i).’’. 
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