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[CITE: 42USC5425]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
     CHAPTER 70--MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS
 
Sec. 5425. Reports to Congress


(a) Contents of annual report

    The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President for 
transmittal to the Congress on July 1 of every other year beginning with 
calendar year 1978 a comprehensive report on the administration of this 
chapter for the two preceding calendar years. Such report shall include 
but not be restricted to (1) a thorough statistical compilation of the 
accidents, injuries, deaths, and property losses occurring in or 
involving manufactured homes in such years; (2) a list of Federal 
manufactured home construction and safety standards prescribed or in 
effect in such years; (3) the level of compliance with all applicable 
Federal manufactured home standards; (4) a summary of all current 
research grants and contracts together with a description of the 
problems to be studied in such research; (5) an analysis and evaluation, 
including relevant policy recommendations, of research activities 
completed and technological progress achieved during such years; (6) a 
statement of enforcement actions including judicial decisions, 
settlements, defect notifications, and pending litigation commenced 
during such years; and (7) the extent to which technical information was 
disseminated to the scientific community and consumer-oriented 
information was made available to manufactured home owners and 
prospective buyers.

(b) Recommendations of annual report

    The report required by subsection (a) of this section shall contain 
such recommendations for additional or revised legislation as the 
Secretary deems necessary to promote the improvement of manufactured 
home construction and safety and to strengthen the national manufactured 
home program.

(c) Study and report of State inspection requirements and procedures for 
        used manufactured homes; time for submission; contents and 
        recommendations of report

    In order to assure a continuing and effective national manufactured 
home construction and safety program, it is the policy of Congress to 
encourage the adoption of State inspection of used manufactured homes. 
Therefore, to that end the Secretary shall conduct a thorough study and 
investigation to determine the adequacy of manufactured home 
construction and safety standards and manufactured home inspection 
requirements and procedures applicable to used manufactured homes in 
each State, and the effect of programs authorized by this chapter upon 
such standards, requirements, and procedures for used manufactured 
homes, and report to Congress as soon as practicable, but not later than 
one year after August 22, 1974, the results of such study, and 
recommendations for such additional legislation as he deems necessary to 
carry out the purposes of this chapter. Such report shall also include 
recommendations by the Secretary relating to the problems of disposal of 
used manufactured homes.

(Pub. L. 93-383, title VI, Sec. 626, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 714; Pub. 
L. 95-557, title IX, Sec. 901, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2124; 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, 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.
    1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-557 substituted ``July 1 of every 
other year beginning with calendar year 1978'', for ``March 1, of each 
year'', ``two preceding calendar years'' for ``preceding calendar 
year'', and ``such years'' for ``such year'' in cls. (1), (2), and (5) 
and ``the year'' in cl. (6), respectively.
