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Union Calendar No. 124 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1751 
[Report No. 112–191] 
To amend the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety 
Standards Act of 1974 to require that weather radios be installed in 
all manufactured homes manufactured or sold in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2011 
Mr. BACHUS (for himself, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, and Mr. CLAY) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
AUGUST 1, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the National Manufactured Housing Construction 
and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to require that weath-
er radios be installed in all manufactured homes manu-
factured or sold in the United States. 
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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 ‘‘CJ’s Home Protection 
Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
(1) nearly 20,000,000 Americans live in manu-
factured homes, which often provide a more acces-
sible and affordable way for many families to buy 
their own homes; 
(2) manufactured housing plays a vital role in 
providing housing for low- and moderate-income 
families in the United States; 
(3) NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) is a nation-
wide network of radio stations broadcasting contin-
uous weather information directly from a nearby Na-
tional Weather Service (NWS) office, and broadcasts 
NWS warnings, watches, forecasts, and other all- 
hazard information 24 hours a day; 
(4) the operators of manufactured housing com-
munities should be encouraged to provide a safe 
place of shelter for community residents or a plan 
for the evacuation of community residents to a safe 
place of shelter within a reasonable distance of the 
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community for use by community residents in times 
of severe weather, including tornados and high 
winds, and local municipalities should be encouraged 
to require approval of these plans; and 
(5) weather radio manufacturers should include, 
in the packaging of weather radios, a written re-
minder to replace the batteries twice each year and 
written instructions on how to do so. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION 
AND SAFETY STANDARD. 
Section 604 of the National Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5403) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(i) WEATHER RADIOS.— 
‘‘(1) CONSTRUCTION
AND
SAFETY
STAND-
ARD.—The Federal manufactured home construction 
and safety standards established by the Secretary 
under this section shall require that each manufac-
tured home delivered for sale shall be supplied with 
a weather radio inside the manufactured home 
that— 
‘‘(A) is capable of broadcasting emergency 
information relating to local weather conditions; 
‘‘(B) is equipped with a tone alarm; 
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Union Calendar No. 124 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1751 
[Report No. 112–191] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 
to require that weather radios be installed in all 
manufactured homes manufactured or sold in the 
United States. 
AUGUST 1, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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