FEMA Accountability Act of 2009

        [Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 713 Referred in House (RFH)]

111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 713

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 8, 2009

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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AN ACT

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
to quickly and fairly address the abundance of surplus manufactured
housing units stored by the Federal Government around the country at
taxpayer expense.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``FEMA
Accountability Act of 2009''.
(b) Definitions.--In this Act--
(1) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of
FEMA;
(2) the terms ``emergency'' and ``major disaster'' have the
meanings given such terms in section 102 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5122); and
(3) the term ``FEMA'' means the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER, STORAGE, SALE, AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSING UNITS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 3 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall--
(1) complete an assessment to determine the number of
temporary housing units purchased by FEMA that FEMA needs to
maintain in stock to respond appropriately to emergencies or
major disasters occurring after the date of enactment of this
Act; and
(2) establish criteria for determining whether the
individual temporary housing units stored by FEMA are in usable
condition, which shall include appropriate criteria for
formaldehyde testing and exposure of the individual temporary
housing units.
(b) Plan.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a plan
for--
(A) storing the number of temporary housing units
that the Administrator has determined under subsection
(a)(1) that FEMA needs to maintain in stock;
(B) transferring, selling, or otherwise disposing
of the temporary housing units in the inventory of FEMA
that--
(i) are in excess of the number of
temporary housing units that the Administrator
has determined under subsection (a)(1) that
FEMA needs to maintain in stock; and
(ii) are in usable condition, based on the
criteria established under subsection (a)(2);
and
(C) disposing of the temporary housing units in the
inventory of FEMA that the Administrator determines are
not in usable condition, based on the criteria
established under subsection (a)(2).
(2) Applicability of disposal requirements.--The plan
established under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the
requirements of section 408(d)(2) of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5174(d)(2)) and other applicable provisions of law.
(c) Implementation.--Not later than 9 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall implement the plan
described in subsection (b).
(d) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the status
of the transfer, distribution, sale, or other disposal of temporary
housing units under this section.

Passed the Senate August 5, 2009.

Attest:

NANCY ERICKSON,

Secretary.

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