119-s2414

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 2414 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2414

 To update the definition of manufactured home, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 23, 2025

Mr. Tillis (for himself, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Schatz, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Crapo) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To update the definition of manufactured home, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Housing Supply Expansion Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. UPDATING THE DEFINITION OF MANUFACTURED HOME.

    (a) In General.--

Section 603

    (6) of the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5402

    (6) ) is amended by striking ``on a permanent chassis'' and 
inserting ``with or without a permanent chassis''.

    (b) Manufactured Home Certifications.--

Section 604 of the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5403) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (i) Manufactured Home Certifications.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--
 ``
        (A) Initial certification.--Subject to 
 subparagraph
        (B) , not later than 1 year after the date 
 of enactment of the Housing Supply Expansion Act of 
 2025, a State shall submit to the Secretary an initial 
 certification that the laws and regulations of the 
 State--
 ``
            (i) treat a manufactured home, including 
 a manufactured home without a permanent 
 chassis, in parity with a manufactured home (as 
 defined and regulated by the State); and
 ``
            (ii) subject a manufactured home without 
 a permanent chassis to the same laws and 
 regulations of the State as a manufactured home 
 built on a permanent chassis with respect to 
 financing, title, insurance, manufacture, sale, 
 taxes, transportation, installation, and other 
 areas as the secretary determines, after 
 consultation with and approval by the consensus 
 committee, are necessary to give effect to the 
 purpose of this section.
 ``
        (B) State plan submission.--Any State plan 
 submitted under subparagraph
            (C) shall contain the 
 required State certification under subparagraph
        (A) or 
 paragraph

    (3) and, if contained therein, no additional 
 or State certification under subparagraph
        (A) or 
 paragraph

    (3) .
 ``
            (C) Extended deadline.--With respect to a State 
 with a legislature that meets biennially, the deadline 
 for the submission of the initial certification 
 required under subparagraph
        (A) shall be 2 years after 
 the date of enactment of the Housing Supply Expansion 
 Act of 2025.
 ``
            (D) Late certification.--
 ``
            (i) No waiver.--The Secretary may not 
 waive the prohibition described in paragraph

    (5)
        (B) with respect to a certification 
 submitted after the deadline under subparagraph
        (A) or paragraph

    (3) unless the Secretary 
 approves the late certification.
 ``
            (ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in 
 this subsection shall be construed to prevent a 
 State from submitting the initial certification 
 required under subparagraph
        (A) after the 
 required deadline under that subparagraph.
 ``

    (2) Form of state certification not presented in a state 
 plan.--The initial certification required under paragraph

    (1)
        (A) , if not submitted with a State plan under paragraph

    (1)
        (B) , shall contain, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, 
 an attestation by an official that the State has taken the 
 steps necessary to ensure the veracity of the certification 
 required under paragraph

    (1)
        (A) , including, as necessary, by--
 ``
        (A) amending the definition of `manufactured 
 home' in the laws and regulations of the State; and
 ``
        (B) directing State agencies to amend the 
 definition of `manufactured home' in regulations.
 ``

    (3) Annual recertification.--Not later than a date to be 
 determined by the Secretary each year, a State shall submit to 
 the Secretary an additional certification that--
 ``
        (A) confirms the accuracy of the initial 
 certification submitted under subparagraph
        (A) or
        (B) of paragraph

    (1) ; and
 ``
        (B) certifies that any new laws or regulations 
 enacted or adopted by the State since the date of the 
 previous certification does not change the veracity of 
 the initial certification submitted under paragraph

    (1)
        (A) .
 ``

    (4) List.--The Secretary shall publish and maintain in 
 the Federal Register and on the website of the Department of 
 Housing and Urban Development a list of States that are up-to-
 date with the submission of initial and subsequent 
 certifications required under this subsection.
 ``

    (5) Prohibition.--
 ``
        (A) === Definition. ===
-In this paragraph, the term 
 `covered manufactured home' means a home that is--
 ``
            (i) not considered a manufactured home 
 under the laws and regulations of a State 
 because the home is constructed without a 
 permanent chassis;
 ``
            (ii) considered a manufactured home under 
 the definition of the term in 

section 603; and
 ``
            (iii) constructed after the date of 
 enactment of the Housing Supply Expansion Act 
 of 2025.
 ``
        (B) Building, installation, and sale.--If a State 
 does not submit a certification under paragraph

    (1)
        (A) or

    (3) by the date on which those certifications are 
 required to be submitted--
 ``
            (i) with respect to a State in which the 
 State administers the installation of 
 manufactured homes, the State shall prohibit 
 the manufacture, installation, or sale of a 
 covered manufactured home within the State; and
 ``
            (ii) with respect to a State in which the 
 Secretary administers the installation of 
 manufactured homes, the State and the Secretary 
 shall prohibit the manufacture, installation, 
 or sale of a covered manufactured home within 
 the State.''.
            (c) Other Federal Laws Regulating Manufactured Homes.--The 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may coordinate with the 
heads of other Federal agencies to ensure that Federal agencies treat a 
manufactured home (as defined in Federal laws and regulations other 
than 

section 603 of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and 
Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5402)) in the same manner as a 
manufactured home (as defined in 

section 603 of the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5402)), as amended by this Act.
            (d) Assistance to States.--

Section 609 of the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5408) 
is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking the period at the end and 
 inserting ``; and''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) model guidance to support the submission of the 
 certification required under 

section 604
            (i) .''.

    (e) Preemption.--Nothing in this section or the amendments made by 
this section shall be construed as limiting the scope of Federal 
preemption under 

section 604
            (d) of the National Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5403
            (d) ).
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