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[CITE: 42USC5401]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER 70--MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS
 
Sec. 5401. Congressional declaration of purposes

    The Congress declares that the purposes of this chapter are to 
reduce the number of personal injuries and deaths and the amount of 
insurance costs and property damage resulting from manufactured home 
accidents and to improve the quality and durability of manufactured 
homes. Therefore, the Congress determines that it is necessary to 
establish Federal construction and safety standards for manufactured 
homes and to authorize manufactured home safety research and 
development.

(Pub. L. 93-383, title VI, Sec. 602, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 700; Pub. 
L. 96-399, title III, Sec. 308(c)(4), Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1641; Pub. 
L. 97-35, title III, Sec. 339B(c), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 417.)

                          Codification

    References to ``mobile homes'', wherever appearing in text, were 
changed to ``manufactured homes'' in view of the amendment of title VI 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (this chapter) by 
section 308(c)(4) of Pub. L. 96-399 requiring the substitution of 
``manufactured home'' for ``mobile home'' wherever appearing in title VI 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and section 
339B(c) of Pub. L. 97-35 (set out as a note under section 1703 of Title 
12, Banks and Banking) providing that the terms ``mobile home'' and 
``manufactured home'' shall be deemed to include the terms ``mobile 
homes'' and ``manufactured homes'', respectively.


                               Amendments

    1980--Pub. L. 96-399 substituted ``manufactured home'' for ``mobile 
home'' wherever appearing.


                             Effective Date

    Section 628 of Pub. L. 93-383 provided that: ``The provisions of 
this title [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a note under 
this section] shall take effect upon the expiration of 180 days 
following the date of enactment of this title [Aug. 22, 1974].''


                               Short Title

    Section 601 of title VI of Pub. L. 93-383, as amended by Pub. L. 96-
399, title III, Sec. 308(c)(5), Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1641, provided 
that: ``This title [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as a 
note under this section] may be cited as the `National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974'.''
