H.R. 1751 (112th): CJ’s Home Protection Act of 2011

Introduced:
May 05, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Spencer Bachus III [R-AL6]
Status:
Died (Reported by Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on July 20, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced May 05, 2011
Referred to Committee May 05, 2011
Reported by Committee Jul 20, 2011
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors (3D, 1R) (show)
Committees

House Financial Services

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Full Title

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.

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Last updated May 05, 2011.
8 pages

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8/1/2011--Reported to House without amendment.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced.
The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) CJ's Home Protection Act of 2011 - Requires the consensus committee established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, within 90 days of enactment of this Act, to develop and submit to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed federal manufactured home construction and safety standards.
Requires the Secretary to issue a final order promulgating the standard within 90 days after receiving the proposal.
Amends the Act to require such standards to require each manufactured home delivered for sale to be supplied with a weather radio:
(1) capable of broadcasting emergency information relating to local weather conditions,
(2) equipped with a tone alarm and Specific Alert Message Encoding (SAME) technology, and
(3) compliant with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Standard 2009-A Performance Specification for Public Alert Receivers (or its current revision).
Exempts any aspect of the function, operation, performance, capabilities, or utilization of such weather radio or any related instructions from certain requirements regarding:
(1) noncompliance with standards or defective nature of manufactured homes,
(2) notification and correction of defects by such manufacturers, or
(3) the Secretary's regulations pursuant to the authority under such Act. Requires the Secretary to study whether to condition the applicability of the requirement to supply weather radios in manufactured homes on the geographic location at which a manufactured home is placed, but only to the extent that such requirement applies to new manufactured homes and new site-built homes.

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