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PUBLIC LAW 93-383-AUG. 22, 1974

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" (A) the provisions of clause (3) shall not apply to its application; and " (B) the applicant shall be eligible to participate in any program under this title if the persons or families to be served by the applicant with the assistance being sought would be eligible to participate in such program." National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974.

TITLE VI — M O B I L E H O M E C O N S T R U C T I O N AND SAFETY STANDARDS SHORT TITLE

42 USC 5401 note.

SEC. 601. This title may be cited as the "National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974". STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

42 USC 5401.

gj,(~,_ gQ2^ The Congress declares that the purposes of this title are to reduce the number of personal injuries and deaths and the amount of insurance costs and property damage resulting from mobile home accidents and to improve the quality and durability of mobile homes. Therefore, the Congress determines that it is necessary to establish Federal construction and safety standards for mobile homes and to authorize mobile home safety research and development. DEFINITIONS

42 USC 5402.

SEC. 603. As used in this title, the term—• (1) "mobile home construction" means all activities relating to the assembly and manufacture of a mobile home including but not limited to those relating to durability, quality, and safety; (2) "dealer" means any person engaged in the sale, leasing, or distribution of new mobile homes primarily to persons who in good faith purchase or lease a mobile home for purposes other than resale; (3) "defect" includes any defect in the performance, construction, components, or material of a mobile home that renders the home or any part thereof notfitfor the ordinary use for which it was intended; (4) "distributor" means any person engaged in the sale and distribution of mobile homes for resale; (5) "manufacturer" means any person engaged in manufacturing or assembling mobile homes, including any person engaged in importing mobile homes for resale; (6) "mobile home" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is eight body feet or more in width and is thirty-two body feet or more in length, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein; (7) "Federal mobile home construction and safety standard" means a reasonable standard for the construction, design, and performance of a mobile home which meets the needs of the public including the need for quality, durability, and safety; (8) "mobile home safety" means the performance of a mobile home in such a manner that the public is protected against any unreasonable risk of the occurrence of accidents due to the design

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