to affect, alter, limit, or decrease the authority of the Di-
rector of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for 
the overall coordination of assistance and relief with re-
spect to a major disaster. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND 
HOUSEHOLDS. 
Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated 
by section 2(f)(1) of this Act), by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(C) MANUFACTURED
MODULAR
HOUS-
ING.—In making any determination of cost ef-
fectiveness under subparagraph (A), the Presi-
dent shall consider whether or not manufac-
tured modular housing can be provided to an 
individual or household at a cost to the Govern-
ment that is less than the same cost necessary 
to provide other readily fabricated dwellings.’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) CONSENT OF OWNER.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (2), the President shall seek the consent 
of each individual or household prior to pro-
viding such individual or household with manu-
factured modular housing assistance. 
‘‘(B) 
REJECTION
OF
MANUFACTURED 
MODULAR
HOUSING
ASSISTANCE.—If an indi-
vidual or household does not provide consent 
under subparagraph (A), such individual or 
household shall remain eligible for any other as-
sistance available under this section. 
‘‘(6) OWNER CONTRIBUTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to prevent an individual or 
household from contributing, in addition to any as-
sistance provided under this section, such sums as 
are necessary in order to obtain manufactured mod-
ular housing that is of greater size or quality than 
that provided by the President under this section.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘the amount of any security deposit for the 
accomodation, the amount of any utility fees as-
sociated with the accomodation, and’’ after 
‘‘plus’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘(i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(i)(I)’’; 
(II) by redesignating clause (ii) 
as subparagraph (II); and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(ii) the repair, to a safe and sanitary 
living or functioning condition, of existing 
rental units that, upon such repair, will be 
used as alternate housing accomodations 
for individuals or households described in 
paragraph (1).’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘this paragraph’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(i)’’; 
and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘not’’ after 
‘‘can’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (A)(i)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
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(i) in the paragraph heading, by in-
serting 
‘‘OR
SEMI-PERMANENT’’ 
after 
‘‘PERMANENT’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or semi-permanent’’ 
after ‘‘permanent’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘in insular areas’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘in— 
‘‘(A) insular areas’’; 
(iv) by striking ‘‘(A) no alternative’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(i) no alternative’’ and ad-
justing the margin accordingly; 
(v) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(ii)’’ and adjusting the margin accord-
ingly; 
(vi) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(vii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) any area in which the President de-
clared a major disaster or emergency in connec-
tion with Hurricane Katrina of 2005 during the 
period beginning on August 28, 2005, and end-
ing on December 31, 2007.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(1), by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘(C) SITES LOCATED IN A FLOODPLAIN.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in-
cluding section 9 of title 44, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any corresponding similar regu-
lation or ruling), any permanent, semi-perma-
nent, or temporary housing provided under this 
section, including any readily fabricated dwell-
ing, manufactured housing, or manufactured 
modular housing, may be located in any area 
identified by the Director as an area having 
special flood hazards under section 102 of the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 4012a)). 
‘‘(D) INDIVIDUAL
SITES
FOR
MANUFAC-
TURED
MODULAR
HOUSING.—Manufactured 
modular housing made available under this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(i) shall, whenever practicable, be lo-
cated on a site that is a discrete and sepa-
rate parcel of land; and 
‘‘(ii) may not be located on a site 
that— 
‘‘(I) is managed by the Director; 
and 
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