National Mobile Home Safety Standards Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
National Mobile Home Safety Standards Act - Title I: Mobile Home Safety Standards - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish by order appropriate Federal mobile home safety standards. Requires State and local mobile home safety standards to be identical to Federal standards. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Mobile Home Safety Advisory Council, a majority of which shall be representatives of the general public, which the Secretary shall consult with concerning such standards. Allows the filing of a petition with the United States court of appeals for persons adversely affected by an order. Requires the Secretary to conduct research, testing, development and training, and to make grants to carry out this Act. Prohibits the manufacture or sale of mobile homes not meeting such standards, unless a person can establish that he did not have reason to know of a nonconformity by exercise of due care. Exempts such requirement from mobiles homes exported . Assigns jurisdiction to United States district courts in actions to restrain violations of this Act. Requires mobile home manufacturers manufacturing a mobile home in violation of such standards, to correct the defect while such mobile home is held by a distributor or dealer. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct inspections and investigations to enforce such standards and to enter factories and storage places to do so. Requires mobile home manufacturers and dealers to maintain records and to report to the Secretary regarding their compliance with such standards. Requires mobile home manufacturers to notify purchasers of defects affecting life safety, and to maintain records of first-purchasers of their mobile homes. States that the Secretary shall carry out this Act through the National Mobile Home Safety Bureau, which he shall establish in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and which shall be headed by an assistant Secretary. Requires the Secretary to prepare a report each year on the administration of this Act to be forwarded to the Congress. Allows States to develop and administer their own safety standards, subject to approval of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to develop, administer, and enforce their own standards, providing such grants do not exceed 50 percent of the cost involved. Authorizes appropriations of sums necessary to carry out this title. Title II: Changes in existing Law - Makes changes in existing laws to bring them into conformity with this Act.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on October 12, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on October 12, 1973: Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
ROBERT STEPHENS (D-GA) introduced it on October 12, 1973. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on October 12, 1973, 19326 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19326 days ago, on October 12, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers