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 PUBLIC LAW 106-569—DEC. 27, 2000 114 STAT. 3011 referred to in that paragraph, which shall be exempt and separate from any limitations on the Department regarding fulltime equivalent positions and travel. "(b) CONTRACTORS. —In using amounts from any fee collected under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that separate and independent contractors are retained to carry out monitoring and inspection work and any other work that may be delegated to a contractor under this title. "(c) PROHIBITED USE. —No amount from any fee collected under this section may be used for any purpose or activity not specifically authorized by this title, unless such activity was already engaged in by the Secretary prior to the date of the enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000. "(d) MODIFICATION.—Beginning on the date of the enactment Effective date, of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, the amount of any fee collected under this section may only be modified— "(1) as specifically authorized in advance in an annual appropriations Act; and "(2) pursuant to rulemaking in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code. " (e) APPROPRIATION AND DEPOSIT OF FEES.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the 'Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund' for deposit of amounts from any fee collected under this section. Such amounts shall be held in trust for use only as provided in this title. "(2) APPROPRIATION.— Amounts from any fee collected under this section shall be available for expenditure only to the extent approved in advance in an annual appropriations Act. Any change in the expenditure of such amounts shall be specifically authorized in advance in an annual appropriations Act. "(3) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—On and after the effective date of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, the Secretary shall continue to fund the States having approved State plans in the amounts which are not less than the allocated amounts, based on the fee distribution system in effect on the day before such effective date.", SEC. 610. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Section 623(c) (42 U.S.C. 5422(c)) is amended— (1) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as added by the preceding provisions of this title) the following: "(12) with respect to any State plan submitted on or after the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000, provides for a dispute resolution program for the timely resolution of disputes between manufacturers, retailers, and installers of manufactured homes regarding responsibility, and for the issuance of appropriate orders, for the correction or repair of defects in manufactured homes that are reported during the 1-year period beginning on the date of installation; and"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(g) ENFORCEMENT OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION STANDARDS. — " (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM. — Not later than the expiration of the 5-year period beginning Deadline, on the date of the enactment of the Manufactured Housing

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