Congress 109 - HR 5393 - Natural Disaster Housing Reform Act of 2006

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Administrative remedies Alabama Building construction Commerce Cost effectiveness Department of Housing and Urban Development Disaster relief Displaced persons Economics and Public Finance Emergency housing Emergency Management Employee training Evacuation of civilians Executive Office of the President Federal aid to housing Federal employees Federal officials Floodplains Floods Government Operations and Politics Home repair and improvement Housing and Community Development Housing subsidies Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Labor and Employment Law Louisiana Mississippi Prefabricated buildings Public utility rates Rental housing Residential rehabilitation

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Natural Disaster Housing Reform Act of 2006 - (Sec. 2) Makes the Department of Housing and Urban Development the primary federal agency responsible for coordinating and administering housing assistance in connection with any major disaster that will result in long-term housing needs.

Prescribes guidelines for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement such assistance.

(Sec. 3) Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President, upon state request, to provide such housing assistance if the relevant major disaster will displace individuals or households from their predisaster primary residences, or will render such residences uninhabitable, for a period of 30 days or more.

Instructs the President, when making any cost effectiveness determination, to consider whether manufactured modular housing can be provided at a federal cost less than the same cost necessary to provide other readily fabricated dwellings.

Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance for: (1) the repair, to a safe and sanitary living or functioning condition, of existing rental units that will be used as alternate housing accommodations; and (2) permanent and semi-permanent housing construction in remote locations of declared major disaster or emergency in connection with Hurricane Katrina of 2005 during the period between August 28, 2005, and December 31, 2007.

Permits the location in a special flood hazard zone, under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, of any permanent, semi-permanent, or temporary housing, including any readily fabricated dwelling, manufactured housing, or manufactured modular housing.

Instructs the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop detailed and comprehensive mass evacuation plans for individuals or households receiving assistance for the 18-month period following a disaster declaration.

Actions

Nov 17, 2006

House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 8, 2006.
Sep 29, 2006

House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 17, 2006.
Jul 28, 2006

House Committee on Transportation Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 29, 2006.
Jul 28, 2006

Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 109-607, Part I.
Jun 14, 2006

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Jun 14, 2006

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 8, 2006

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Jun 8, 2006

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 7, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
May 17, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.
May 16, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 16, 2006

Introduced in House

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