Smart Housing in Disasters Act of 2011

H.R. 175, the Smart Housing in Disasters Act of 2011. Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Directs the Administrator of FEMA to develop a lifecycle and tracking plan for housing units provided to individuals and households affected by an disaster. H.R. 1209, Section 8 Voucher Reform Act. To reform the housing voucher program under Section 8 of the US Housing Act of 1937 24 CFR 3282, 3285-HUD On-Site Completion of Construction of Manufactured homes-Will set forth provisions under a new subpart allowing for the on-site completion of innovative homes components/construction practices that are essentially extensions of home construction elements currently covered by the HUD-Code but not expressly provided for and therefore require Alternative Construction letters. 24 CRF 3280.402-HUD-Code Truss Testing Protocol-The proposed rule would amend Sec.3280.402 to provide more stringent initial qualification of truss design. HUD-Code 3282 Subpart E & H- HUD has initiated a new effort directed at revising the regulations covering manufacturer inspection and certification requirements, and primary inspection agencies. Residential Fire Sprinklers - The number of jurisdictions requiring the installation of fire sprinklers in single family home is likely to grow because of new residential fire sprinkler requirements in the International Code Council's 2009 edition of the International Residential Code. Fiscal 2013 Appropriations - Federal Housing Administration - HUD Subpart I HUD 24 CFR3282 to propose change to the manufactured home consumer complaint handling program. 24 CFT Part 3280 HUD proposed rule to make various changes to the manufactured housing construction safty standards HUD - Implementation of new quality assurance quidelines and compliance programs and audits. H.R. 1751 CJ's Home Protection Act - Amends the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to require such standards to require each manufactured home delivered for sale to be supplied with a weather radio H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011. Terminating the National Flood Insurance Program FHA Permanent Foundation Requirements for Manufactured Homes - 24 CRF 203.47f - In lieu of installing HUD Code homes in accordance with the Guide to Permanent Foundations, FHA will be proposing to adopt the HUD Model Installation Standard (or state equivalent) as its permanent foundation requirement Interior and Environment Appropriations bill - Rehberg Amendment to withhold enforcement and implementation funding of EPA's Renovation, Repair & Painting (RRP) until EPA approves a commercially available lead test kit that meets the criteria EPA specified in its regulation. HUD-Reducing Regulatory Burden: Retrospective Review Under Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. MHI responded to HUD's Request for Public Comments. HUD-FHA (203)(b): Regulation, waiver for request for flood flame elevator requirement Fiscal 2013 Appropriations - Department of Energy

Client expense: $107,438 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of

H.R. 175, the Smart Housing in Disasters Act of 2011. Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Directs the Administrator of FEMA to develop a lifecycle and tracking plan for housing units provided to individuals and households affected by an disaster. H.R. 1209, Section 8 Voucher Reform Act. To reform the housing voucher program under Section 8 of the US Housing Act of 1937 24 CFR 3282, 3285-HUD On-Site Completion of Construction of Manufactured homes-Will set forth provisions under a new subpart allowing for the on-site completion of innovative homes components/construction practices that are essentially extensions of home construction elements currently covered by the HUD-Code but not expressly provided for and therefore require Alternative Construction letters. 24 CRF 3280.402-HUD-Code Truss Testing Protocol-The proposed rule would amend Sec.3280.402 to provide more stringent initial qualification of truss design. HUD-Code 3282 Subpart E & H- HUD has initiated a new effort directed at revising the regulations covering manufacturer inspection and certification requirements, and primary inspection agencies. Residential Fire Sprinklers - The number of jurisdictions requiring the installation of fire sprinklers in single family home is likely to grow because of new residential fire sprinkler requirements in the International Code Council's 2009 edition of the International Residential Code. Fiscal 2012 Appropriations - Federal Housing Administration - HUD Subpart I HUD 24 CFR3282 to propose change to the manufactured home consumer complaint handling program. 24 CFT Part 3280 HUD proposed rule to make various changes to the manufactured housing construction safty standards HUD - Implementation of new quality assurance quidelines and compliance programs and audits. H.R. 1751 CJ's Home Protection Act - Amends the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to require such standards to require each manufactured home delivered for sale to be supplied with a weather radio H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011. Terminating the National Flood Insurance Program FHA Permanent Foundation Requirements for Manufactured Homes - 24 CRF 203.47f - In lieu of installing HUD Code homes in accordance with the Guide to Permanent Foundations, FHA will be proposing to adopt the HUD Model Installation Standard (or state equivalent) as its permanent foundation requirement Year 2012 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill - Rehberg Amendment to withhold enforcement and implementation funding of EPA's Renovation, Repair & Painting (RRP) until EPA approves a commercially available lead test kit that meets the criteria EPA specified in its regulation. HUD-Reducing Regulatory Burden: Retrospective Review Under Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. MHI responded to HUD's Request for Public Comments. HUD-FHA (203)(b): Regulation, waiver for request for flood flame elevator requirement

H.R. 175, the Smart Housing in Disasters Act of 2011. Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Directs the Administrator of FEMA to develop a lifecycle and tracking plan for housing units provided to individuals and households affected by an disaster. H.R. 1209, Section 8 Voucher Reform Act. To reform the housing voucher program under Section 8 of the US Housing Act of 1937 24 CFR 3282, 3285-HUD On-Site Completion of Construction of Manufactured homes-Will set forth provisions under a new subpart allowing for the on-site completion of innovative homes components/construction practices that are essentially extensions of home construction elements currently covered by the HUD-Code but not expressly provided for and therefore require Alternative Construction letters. 24 CRF 3280.402-HUD-Code Truss Testing Protocol-The proposed rule would amend Sec.3280.402 to provide more stringent initial qualification of truss design. HUD-Code 3282 Subpart E & H- HUD has initiated a new effort directed at revising the regulations covering manufacturer inspection and certification requirements, and primary inspection agencies. Residential Fire Sprinklers - The number of jurisdictions requiring the installation of fire sprinklers in single family home is likely to grow because of new residential fire sprinkler requirements in the International Code Council's 2009 edition of the International Residential Code. Fiscal 2012 Appropriations - Federal Housing Administration - HUD Subpart I HUD 24 CFR3282 to propose change to the manufactured home consumer complaint handling program. 24 CFT Part 3280 HUD proposed rule to make various changes to the manufactured housing construction safty standards HUD - Implementation of new quality assurance quidelines and compliance programs and audits. H.R. 1751 CJ's Home Protection Act - Amends the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to require such standards to require each manufactured home delivered for sale to be supplied with a weather radio H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011. Terminating the National Flood Insurance Program FHA Permanent Foundation Requirements for Manufactured Homes - 24 CRF 203.47f - In lieu of installing HUD Code homes in accordance with the Guide to Permanent Foundations, FHA will be proposing to adopt the HUD Model Installation Standard (or state equivalent) as its permanent foundation requirement Year 2012 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill - Rehberg Amendment to withhold enforcement and implementation funding of EPA's Renovation, Repair & Painting (RRP) until EPA approves a commercially available lead test kit that meets the criteria EPA specified in its regulation. HUD-Reducing Regulatory Burden: Retrospective Review Under Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. MHI responded to HUD's Request for Public Comments.

H.R. 175, the Smart Housing in Disasters Act of 2011. Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Directs the Administrator of FEMA to develop a lifecycle and tracking plan for housing units provided to individuals and households affected by an disaster. H.R. 1209, Section 8 Voucher Reform Act. To reform the housing voucher program under Section 8 of the US Housing Act of 1937 24 CFR 3282, 3285-HUD On-Site Completion of Construction of Manufactured homes-Will set forth provisions under a new subpart allowing for the on-site completion of innovative homes components/construction practices that are essentially extensions of home construction elements currently covered by the HUD-Code but not expressly provided for and therefore require Alternative Construction letters. 24 CRF 3280.402-HUD-Code Truss Testing Protocol-The proposed rule would amend Sec.3280.402 to provide more stringent initial qualification of truss design. HUD-Code 3282 Subpart E & H- HUD has initiated a new effort directed at revising the regulations covering manufacturer inspection and certification requirements, and primary inspection agencies. Residential Fire Sprinklers - The number of jurisdictions requiring the installation of fire sprinklers in single family home is likely to grow because of new residential fire sprinkler requirements in the International Code Council's 2009 edition of the International Residential Code. Fiscal 2012 Appropriations - Federal Housing Administration - HUD Subpart I HUD 24 CFR3282 to propose change to the manufactured home consumer complaint handling program. 24 CFT Part 3280 HUD proposed rule to make various changes to the manufactured housing construction safty standards HUD - Implementation of new quality assurance quidelines and compliance programs and audits. H.R. 1751 CJ's Home Protection Act - Amends the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to require such standards to require each manufactured home delivered for sale to be supplied with a weather radio H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011. Terminating the National Flood Insurance Program FHA Permanent Foundation Requirements for Manufactured Homes - 24 CRF 203.47f - In lieu of installing HUD Code homes in accordance with the Guide to Permanent Foundations, FHA will be proposing to adopt the HUD Model Installation Standard (or state equivalent) as its permanent foundation requirement Year 2012 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill - Rehberg Amendment to withhold enforcement and implementation funding of EPA's Renovation, Repair & Painting (RRP) until EPA approves a commercially available lead test kit that meets the criteria EPA specified in its regulation. HUD-Reducing Regulatory Burden: Retrospective Review Under Executive Order 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. MHI responded to HUD's Request for Public Comments.

H.R. 175, the Smart Housing in Disasters Act of 2011. Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Directs the Administrator of FEMA to develop a lifecycle and tracking plan for housing units provided to individuals and households affected by an disaster. 24 CFR 3282, 3285-HUD On-Site Completion of Construction of Manufactured homes-Will set forth provisions under a new subpart allowing for the on-site completion of innovative homes components/construction practices that are essentially extensions of home construction elements currently covered by the HUD-Code but not expressly provided for and therefore require Alternative Construction letters. 24 CRF 3280.402-HUD-Code Truss Testing Protocol-The proposed rule would amend Sec.3280.402 to provide more stringent initial qualification of truss design. HUD-Code 3282 Subpart E & H- HUD has initiated a new effort directed at revising the regulations covering manufacturer inspection and certification requirements, and primary inspection agencies. Residential Fire Sprinklers - The number of jurisdictions requiring the installation of fire sprinklers in single family home is likely to grow because of new residential fire sprinkler requirements in the International Code Council's 2009 edition of the International Residential Code. Fiscal 2012 Appropriations - Federal Housing Administration - HUD Subpart I HUD 24 CFR3282 to propose change to the manufactured home consumer complaint handling program. 24 CFT Part 3280 HUD proposed rule to make various changes to the manufactured housing construction safty standards HUD - Implementation of new quality assurance quidelines and compliance programs and audits.

Client expense: $105,562 · Firm income: Not reported

National Hurricane Research Initiative Act S. 692, all provisions National Flood Insurance Program Termination Act H.R. 435, all provisions To provide a moratorium on the issuance of flood insurance rate maps, to assist property owners in adapting to flood insurance rate map changes, and for other purposes H.R. 700, all provisions Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act H.R. 1026, all provisions Flood Insurance Reform Act H.R. 1309, all provisions Earthquake Insurance Affordability Act S. 637, all provisions Disaster Recovery Improvement Act- H.R. 57, all provisions Smart Housing in Disasters Act- H.R. 175, all provisions

Client expense: $244,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE