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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 70 — Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards

§ 5408. Cooperation by Secretary with public and private agencies

Statutory text

The Secretary is authorized to advise, assist, and cooperate with other Federal agencies and with State and other interested public and private agencies, in the planning and development of—

(1)

manufactured home construction and safety standards;

(2)

methods for inspecting and testing to determine compliance with manufactured home standards; and

(3)

model guidance to support the submission of the certification required under section 5403(i) of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–383 title VI § 609 · 88 Stat. 634

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5408

    Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 609, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 704

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 609, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 704

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 609. cooperation with public and private agencies The Secretary is authorized to advise, assist, and cooperate 42 USC 5408. with other Federal agencies and with State and other interested public and private agencies, in the planning and development of— (1) mobile home construction and safety standards; and (2) methods for inspecting and testing to determine compliance with mobile home standards.

  2. Housing and Community Development Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–399 title III § 308(c)(4) · 94 Stat. 1614

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 5408

    Pub. L. 96–399 substituted “manufactured home” for “mobile home” in two places

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–399 substituted “manufactured home” for “mobile home” in two places.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) Title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 is amended by striking out “Mobile Home” each place it 42 USC 5401. appears, other than in section 601, and inserting in lieu thereof “Manufactured Home” and by striking out “mobile home” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “manufactured home”.

  3. Pub. L. 119–101 title III § 301(e) · 140 Stat. 891

    Added · 42 U.S.C. § 5408(3)

    Pub. L. 119–101 added par. (3)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–101 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 119–101 added par. (3).

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments1980–2026 · 2 rounds

2026

Par. (3). Pub. L. 119–101 added par. (3).

1980

Pub. L. 96–399 substituted “manufactured home” for “mobile home” in two places.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of 180 days following , see section 627 of Pub. L. 93–383, set out as a note under section 5401 of this title.

Credits

1974–2026 · 3 acts
  1. 1974Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 609, , 88 Stat. 704
  2. 1980Pub. L. 96–399, title III, § 308(c)(4), , 94 Stat. 1641
  3. 2026Pub. L. 119–101, title III, § 301(e), , 140 Stat. 891.
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(Pub. L. 93–383, title VI, § 609, , 88 Stat. 704; Pub. L. 96–399, title III, § 308(c)(4), , 94 Stat. 1641; Pub. L. 119–101, title III, § 301(e), , 140 Stat. 891.)

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